A developer is set lodge plans this week for a brand new nine-storey hotel beside the iconic Arnotts department store in Dublin city centre.
Developer Noel Smyth's Fitzwilliam Real Estate is seeking approval for the 24-bed hotel on Henry Street. Under the proposed plans, the new hotel would include a two-storey element with set-backs over Arnotts, as well as three-storey element with setbacks over Arnotts' multi-storey car-park.
The plans would see the demolition and decommissioning of the top three open air levels of Arnotts multi-storey car-park, and see the loss of 145 car spaces. The new application comes 10 months after the developer previously sought permission for a 12-storey, 159-unit 'build to rent scheme' on the same site.