A former bookies in Cardiff city centre is to be converted into a new co-working space and aparthotel. The unit on St Mary Street was formerly home to William Hill bookmakers, with upstairs office space occupied by charity Change Grow Live, but it has lain vacant for a few years.
The city centre site is now set to be transformed after planning permission to turn it into a new living and working space was granted by Cardiff council. An application was submitted to the council in November 2021 by Bristol-based Higgihaus Ltd, an investment company specialising in "reimagining and refurbishing" empty buildings and turning them into shared homes, serviced accommodation and boutique hotels.
The development will see the ground and lower ground floors of the former bookmakers converted into a co-working space. Meanwhile, the office accommodation and roof space on the upper floors will be transformed into a small 'aparthotel', made up of 16 loft apartments.
