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Work to start on flats Hotel being converted into eight luxury apartments
WORK is to start next month to transform a popular Broughty Ferry hotel into luxury apartments.
West Developments bought Hotel Broughty Ferry after previous owners Jeff and Geraldine Stewart secured planning permission to convert it into eight twobedroom flats.
The couple had run the hotel on West Queen Street for the past 15 years.
However, they put the hotel – which has 16 en-suite bedrooms, a bar and restaurant and a leisure centre with a swimming pool, sauna and gym – up for sale two years ago when they decided to retire.
After they failed to find a buyer, the couple sought planning permission from Dundee City Council to convert it into flats.
West Developments is now aiming to be on-site next month and expects the first residents to move in in the spring.
A spokesman said: “The company is delighted to announce the imminent development of a local iconic building with a view to being fully completed by spring 2021.
“The project will be delivered by our local workforce and suppliers which, given the current climate, will be a significant boost for the local economy.
“We are really excited by this project and believe this will prove our most popular development to date.
“Indeed, a soft release on social media platforms has seen us inundated with inquiries already.”
The spokesman said he believed most of the apartments would quickly be reserved when they are released in a few weeks.
West Developments is working with Jon Frullani Architects to finalise plans for the apartments, all of which will have an open plan kitchen, lounge and dining area.
A number of the flats will also have their own private access rather than a communal close.
The original planning application said the sports facilities would be kept and the new residents would pay for its upkeep.