Work will begin on construction of a 拢9million hotel close to Plymouth鈥檚 waterfront on June 1 and be complete 14 months later.
Documents filed by Mitnija, one of Lithuania鈥檚 largest construction firms, reveal for the first time the cost and programme for the Moxy-branded hotel, which will sit on the car park it purchased next to the Pavilions leisure venue.
The papers reveal for the first time that the approximate cost for constructing the hotel is 拢9million and work will start on piling and foundations on the site on the June 1, 2021, and complete on August 2, 2022.
Concrete cores will arrive in July and structural steelwork will start to go up a month later. In October work begins on the 鈥渢imber box鈥 hotel rooms, with roofing and cladding work starting in January 2021. Finishing touches will be done in March with hotel rooms handed over to Moxy from June 2021.
A detailed hotel brief has been developed for the six-storey building which envisages a 200-bedroom hotel with associated landscaping, car parking, and restaurant, bar and leisure facilities.
Documents say there is a 鈥渞equirement for the project to respect and knit into the Millbay Boulevard Masterplan鈥 and that the building should be of a 鈥渃ontextually appropriate nature and contribute positively to the regeneration of the Millbay area and vision for Plymouth鈥.
The building should have an active frontage , through the 鈥渋nteraction of key spaces on the ground floor and a cohesive landscape strategy鈥.
The documents said: 鈥淭he new boulevard will increase pedestrian links between the marina and town centre, in turn creating a greater footfall within the area.
鈥淭he hotel proposals will seek to activate the adjacent boulevard, by creating a focal point and accessible ground floor bar and food area.鈥
The documents also say that while the building should be of an appropriate quality for both its marine setting and purpose, it should also be affordable, with pragmatic decisions made to deliver a building that is value for money.
Mitnija 海角视频 describe itself as 鈥渁 new, young, exciting and dynamic main contractor鈥, and although its roots are in Lithuania a 海角视频 division started about six years ago and has been working on retail developments and hotels.
Brendan Clifford has been appointed project manager for Moxy Hotel Plymouth and although from Hertfordshire, has carried out a number of similar projects and has worked around the 海角视频 engaging with local people and suppliers.
Mitnija will look to procure companies form either in Plymouth or surrounding towns or cities ad keep the supply chain local, using local resource and giving back to the community and economy.
And it wants to create employment and training opportunities for young people, unemployed adults, career changers including military personnel and those leaving further/ higher education, and up-skill the local workforce.
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An Employment and Skills Planning document said Mitnija is 鈥渃ommitted to delivering activities in order to achieve the skills and employment鈥 including for companies it is working with.
It is planning to work with Building Plymouth to create opportunities and maximise skills and employment with a view to inspiring people to consider construction as a career through offering work placements, apprenticeships and supporting career events.
This is the second Moxy Hotel in the 海角视频 to be built by Mitnija for the international real estate developer Vastint Hospitality. The first is currently being completed in Milton Keynes.
The 5,700sq m Moxy Hotel Plymouth, designed by Keppie Design, will will form part of the city council鈥檚 ambitious 拢2.98million Millbay Boulevard scheme to create a link between the city centre and the waterfront.
Vastint acquired the car park land from ex-Plymouth Argyle chairman James Brent鈥檚 Natatomisam company in early 2018. The new Moxy Hotel Plymouth will be the city鈥檚 third new hotel since 2020, with new Oyo and Premier branded buildings now completed in the city centre.
