Plans to transform one of Cardiff's historic buildings above Cardiff Market into an aparthotel have been given the green light. Property developer Thackeray Group, which is also behind the redevelopment of the Howells building, has secured planning permission from Cardiff Council to refurbish the Grade II listed Market Chambers building on St Mary Street.
Thackeray is working with real estate advisors Savills and John Wotton Architects on the scheme which will see the 137-year old building be restored and repurposed into a 52 bed aparthotel with ground floor café.
The building is a notable example of Victorian commercial architecture, constructed in 1886 by entrepreneur Solomon Andrews. Historic conservation body Cadw described the frontage as "one of the most ambitious commercial frontages of mid-Victorian Cardiff, by its most ambitious entrepreneur".
