A prime Bristol regeneration site that has been vacant for more than 30 years is to be developed as a mixed-use scheme with a luxury hotel, an aparthotel and more than 100 build-to-rent apartments.
The land at Temple Quay is the only remaining section of what was originally railways sidings to be undeveloped. 
It was originally earmarked for a five-star hotel with conference centre as part of tje original enterprise zone covering Temple Quay but has over the years been occupied by a number of temporary buildings, including at one time a circus big top and later some ‘meanwhile’ food and drink outlets.
However, for the best part of a decade it has been fenced off with little sign of activity while Temple Quay has continued to grow on the opposite bank of the Floating Harbour and plans have been drawn up for the wider Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone.
Now Bristol City Council has granted planning approval for a scheme drawn up by IKB Developments to be managed by Marick Real Estate which includes a 168-room aparthotel, a 234-room hotel, and 108 build-to-rent apartments,
The scheme will also include public open space, an ecological zone and access to the existing harbourside walkway.
The eight-storey hotel will be operated by the Ireland-headquartered Dalata Hotel Group under its Maldron brand. It will include nearly 7,500 sq ft of ground-floor commercial space as well as a restaurant.
Dalata, the largest hotel operator in Ireland, opened the 255-bedroom, four-star Clayton Hotel Bristol City in the Grade ll listed former Edward Everard’s Printing Works on Broad Street two years ago.
The seven-storey aparthotel will be operated by room2, which describes itself as “the world’s first hometel brand”. Founded in 2015, the currently operates two sites in London and one each in Belfast and Southampton.
The ground floor of the aparthotel will include a lobby, several guest meeting rooms, a hotel restaurant, guest gym, toilets and a luggage store.
The 108 build-to-rent units – a fifth of which are proposed to be affordable – will be in a block with maximum of 10 storeys and will be funded by insurance group abrdn. The architect for the scheme is Sheppard Robson.
