Mercure plans 96-room hotel for CBD
Accor Hotels has announced a new development in an existing building in Auckland’s heart, following a string of other new hotel announcements.
Simon McGrath, the Accor Hotels chief operating officer for the Pacific, said: “Mercure Auckland Queen Street is a 96-room hotel spanning eight storeys. The hotel will also feature a restaurant, conference room and fitness centre and will be located in the heart of Auckland’s CDB. The hotel is being created within an existing building, retrofitted as a hotel.”
An Accor spokesperson said the property was at 500 Queen St, near the intersection with City Rd.
The new deal comes after a string of others in the last few days.
At 51 Albert St near the Wyndham St intersection, a new high-rise Indigo Hotel will rise. At 13 Albert St and on Wolfe St, a new mixed-use building is planned by Singaporean investors. Peter Wall said that might include a hotel.
On the site of the old Datacom House at the Nelson St/Wellesley St intersection, a new Sudima is planned.
Janice Tay, investment manager for NZ Trade & Enterprise, welcomed the new deals.
“Our original research in 2016 has estimated a demand of 9700 new hotel rooms by 2025 and within the pipeline available, a shortfall of up to 4526 rooms was discovered. The results from this inaugural report have been updated to give a current view on the demand and supply imbalance looking out to 2025,” she said.
“The findings of this updated report show a supply response beginning to emerge and the new shortfall is now at 2605 rooms across our seven key regions,” she said.
Dean Humphries of Colliers International has also welcomed the hotels, saying they have been needed for some years.