The new hotels on Slough s old library site have opened to guests A double decker hotel in the heart of Slough opened its doors yesterday - making a UK first for the parent hotel chain and the council. The Moxy and Residence Inn hotels form part of a wider residential, retail and leisure hub built on the former Slough library site at the junction of Bath and Windsor Roads. Developed and owned by Slough Borough Council and delivered via Slough Urban Renewal, SUR - a property partnership with between the council and Morgan Sindall - the dual brand hotels have been built and fitted-out three months ahead of schedule.
Marriott International opens first UK dual-branded property
February 1, 2021
Slough’s first double-decker hotel opened its doors today three months ahead of schedule, becoming the first time Marriott International has combined two hotel brands under one roof in the UK.
Developed and owned by Slough Borough Council, both hotels are operated by specialist hotel management company Cycas Hospitality, who in 2018 opened Marriott’s first dual-branded property in Europe under the Moxy and Residence Inn brands in Amsterdam. The development was built via Slough Urban Renewal (SUR) – a joint venture between the council and Morgan Sindall Investments Ltd.
The 244-room hotel complex forms part of a major development transforming the town’s former library site, which also include 64 new apartments and 4,000 sq.ft of restaurant and retail space.
25 three-bed houses Planning officers managed to agree with the developers on having 20 per cent affordable housing at the site, equal to 42 homes – which goes against the affordable housing guidance of 35 per cent. The developers, Slough Urban Renewal – a property partnership between the council and Morgan Sindall Investments - say this due to viability issues and high costs of decontaminating the land as well as build costs. Objectors feared approving this scheme would cause mass congestion and an overspill of parking to neighbouring streets.
The layout of houses on the former Montem lesiure centre site This was the concern of Chalvey councillor Mohammed Sharif (Independent) who said this might be breaking parking policies the council has set for itself.
SUR operates as a partnership between Slough Borough Council and the company Morgan Sindall Investments Limited. During the year it has finished its second housing scheme with 104 homes at Wexham Green on the fringes of Wexham and Stoke Poges, while handing over new homes built on the site of the former Ex Servicemen’s Club in Wentworth Avenue, Britwell to families on the housing register. The Alpha Street car park in the town centre is being turned into 14 new homes for local people, expected to be ready early next year. Andy Howell, General Manager at Slough Urban Renewal (SUR) said: “There is no denying that 2020 has been a very different year for us all, with many new challenges to face. I am really proud that we have been able to adapt, overcome adversity and maintain momentum safely, both in construction and in the design and development of projects.
from progressing in Slough. Despite the pandemic pausing and/or disrupting many services and projects, developers were still keen to transform parts of the borough. We look back on five major plans that were either approved or seen by Slough Borough Council (SBC) this year that will change the borough as we know it.
1,000 homes at Akzonobel At an extraordinary meeting in August, a majority of the planning committee approved outline plans to add 1,000 homes at the ‘landmark’ former Akzo Nobel Decorative Paints factory on Wexham Road, after years of consultation and discussion. Only the outline plans – which submitted by international real estate company Panattoni – of the development in principle were approved, which means the details of the scheme will be voted on by councillors at a later planning meeting.