Plans for a new 170-bedroom hotel in the heart of Belfast's Cathedral Quarter are expected to get the green light at a committee meeting next week.
Set to transform the former Nambarrie Factory on the corner of Waring Street and Victoria Street, the £25 million investment will also feature a ground floor bar and restaurant, meeting rooms and fitness centre – and a seventh-floor rooftop bar.
According to Plan Belfast, an online community which documents Belfast's planning applications, the application is expected to be recommended for approval at a Belfast City Council Planning Committee meeting on June 14.
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It will become a Moxy Hotel, a sub-brand of Marriott Hotels, and is backed by English property investment company Propiteer.
Their website reads: "The Moxy by Marriott Belfast brings Marriott International’s contemporary brand to the historic Cathedral Quarter of Northern Ireland’s capital city.
"Following the acquisition of the old Nambarrie tea factory in Belfast, a prominent building in the city centre, Propiteer have worked closely with city councillors and the planning department to sympathetically retain structural elements of the existing building, whilst designing a unique seven storey hotel reflective of its cultural surroundings.
"The hotel facilities include 170 stylish bedrooms, a fitness room and a large reception, dining and bar area on the ground floor which is designed to be able to accommodate live music – a necessity in this vibrant area of the city!
"In addition, the hotel is crowned by a roof top sky bar which will afford excellent views across the centre of Belfast."
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