The Mayor of Bristol has backed plans to demolish the Premier Inn at the Bearpit roundabout and build what could be Bristol’s tallest ever building in its place. New images of what is planned for the area between the roundabout and the bus station have been unveiled, as those behind the scheme call it ‘transformational’.
Bristol Live broke the news in April that Premier Inn had decided it would be too costly to upgrade its 20-storey hotel building on the corner of the Haymarket and St James Barton roundabout - more commonly known as the Bearpit - and the hotel chain had done a deal with developers Olympian Homes.
Now, the developers have revealed what the two new buildings - one of 18 and another of 28 storeys - would look like. At 28 storeys, the taller tower housing student accommodation, would be two storeys taller than the Castle Park View building, and could very well be taller than St Mary Redcliffe church’s spire.
