Photo: Kimpton Sydney
After years of anticipation, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants will arrive in Australia in 2021, with IHG Hotels & Resorts and Pro-invest Group planning to convert and reposition Sydney s Primus Hotel as Kimpton Sydney.
As the industry pioneer that first introduced the boutique concept in the US in 1981, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants is renowned for its signature heartfelt service and creating guest experiences that foster genuine human connections. Today, its playful brand philosophy is celebrated worldwide, delivered through thoughtful perks and amenities, inventive meetings and events, distinctive, design-forward interiors, and lifestyle elements including the nightly Social Hour.
As a heritage-listed 1930s Art Deco revival of inter-war period architecture, and a history as the former Sydney Water Board Building, the Primus Sydney property almost sings with Kimpton personality. Its bold design, iconic red columns and boutique luxury personality wi
Tourism and Hospitality Services AustralAsia managing director Rodger Powell said the construction would show prospective developers they too could plan and receive approval for an international hotel on the Coast.
âThis is the first major hotel built on the Sunshine Coast in 30 years,â he said.
â Everything else has been either a strata-titled apartment complex or a motel.
âIt will open up the Sunshine Coast to new markets seeking the assurance of international hotels brands and hotel facilities and services.â An artist s impression of the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Sunshine Coast hotel in the new Maroochydore CBD.
The new nine-storey hotel on First Ave will feature 181 rooms, a rooftop swimming pool, bar and dining venue, conference and function facilities, parking and ground-level retail space.
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Pro-Invest Group ( Pro-Invest ), announced
Greenland, over the acquisition of
Sydney s Primus Hotel. Situated within Sydney s central business district, the
172-key hotel would be the firm s
first property in the luxury sector and would feature a lobby bar, restaurants, conference spaces, rooftop swimming pool and a gymnasium. This acquisition adds to Pro-invest s hotel pipeline, where
five other hotels are scheduled to open in the next two years. This includes the new Holiday Inn Express Hotels in Melbourne, Parramatta and Auckland, and the management of voco Brisbane City Centre and Hotel Indigo Brisbane City Centre. Once completed, Pro-invest s hotel portfolio would consist of over 3,000 rooms across Australia and New Zealand. Existing hotels within the portfolio include Holiday Inn Express hotels at Sydney Airport, Newcastle, Brisbane and Macquar
Greenland Offloads Luxury Sydney Hotel
Hotel developer, fund manager and operator Pro-invest Group has acquired the five-star Primus Hotel in central Sydney for $130 million.
The 172-room hotel located at 339-341 Pitt Street, adjacent to Greenland Australia’s 66-storey apartment tower, the tallest in Sydney CBD.
The Woods-Bagot designed hotel, which opened in 2015, represents an architectural revival of the 1930s inter-war period.
It has been restored with its original features such as the grand eight-metre high scagliola columns and the lobby’s panelled skylight.
Greenland listed the hotel last year following initial interest from the market which saw several short-listed parties look into the property.