Contractor Appointed for Premier Inn Development in ManchesterContractor Appointed for Premier Inn Development in Manchester Leisure group Whitbread has chosen GMI Construction Group as the principal contractor for a new Premier Inn hotel in Manchester city center. The development site on Rochdale Road, at the edge of Manchester’s Northern Quarter, will house a 229-bedroom hotel with 10 storeys. It will include an integrated restaurant, bar, and check-in area on the ground floor. Whitbread, which acquired the site in February 2024, plans to bring its latest bedroom product to the hotel, including Premier Plus rooms. Will Steward, Project and Program Manager for Whitbread, expressed the company’s commitment to developing the site and opening the hotel this autumn. GMI Construction Regional Director Anthony Judge commented on the partnership’s success, noting their previous collaboration on a Premier Inn development in Keswick. He highlighted the “striking” brickwork façade of the Manchester hotel. This development marks Whitbread’s seventh hotel in central Manchester. The company aims to expand further eastward and at Manchester Airport.
Leisure group, Whitbread, has appointed GMI Construction Group as principal contractor for its latest Premier Inn hotel development in Manchester city centre.
GMI will lead the construction of the development site on Rochdale Road on the edge of Manchester’s Northern Quarter. The location has planning permission for a 229-bedroom Premier Inn hotel set over 10 storeys with an integrated restaurant, bar, and check-in area on the ground floor.
Whitbread acquired the site from Premcor in February 2024, as part of the company’s ongoing strategy of investing in strategic locations across Manchester. The company intends to bring its very latest bedroom product to the Rochdale Road hotel including its popular Premier Plus rooms.
Will Steward, Project and Programme Manager for Whitbread, said: “Whitbread acquired the Rochdale Road development site in February 2024 with the premise of bringing about a speedy transformation of the location into a latest format Premier Inn hotel.
“Appointing GMI as principal contractor continues this positive momentum, and we hope to break ground and start building our latest Manchester hotel this autumn.”
Rochdale Road is the latest investment by Whitbread in central Manchester in recent years. In May 2021, the company opened a 157-bedroom Premier Inn at Princess Street to the south of the city centre.
The opening paved the way for the redevelopment of the Premier Inn Manchester City Centre (Deansgate Locks) hotel a short distance away which served the same catchment.
The Deansgate Locks location was subsequently sold to Student Roost for redevelopment into a purpose-built student accommodation development of more than 1,000 student beds in July 2024.
Anthony Judge, regional director for North East-based GMI Construction, said: “Following on from GMI and Whitbread’s collaboration in delivery of the nationally-recognised and impressive Premier Inn development in Keswick, its brilliant to see our partnership go from strength to strength.
“This latest development in the iconic Northern Quarter of Manchester will be a striking new addition to the skyline with its remarkable brickwork façade.”
On opening, the Premier Inn at Rochdale Road will be Whitbread’s seventh hotel in central Manchester and one of its largest in the city.
As it continues to expand, the business is currently focused on fulfilling its network target to the east of the city and at Manchester Airport.
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