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Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre is set to open this...

Indigo coming to Chester

Indigo coming to Chester

Construction has started on the new...

Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

Dalata Hotel Group is planning to open a new...

Dalata plan new London Hotel

Dalata plan new London Hotel

Dalata Hotel Group will be the operators of a...

New Hotel opens in Glasgow

New Hotel opens in Glasgow

  A new hotel has just opened in...

  • Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

    Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

  • Indigo coming to Chester

    Indigo coming to Chester

  • Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

    Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

  • Dalata plan new London Hotel

    Dalata plan new London Hotel

  • New Hotel opens in Glasgow

    New Hotel opens in Glasgow


The Fragrance Group, the Singapore-based property and investment company, have bought the Municipal Buildings from Liverpool City Council and plan to convert them into a four-star hotel and restaurant.

The local authority’s 130,000 sq-ft, Grade II-listed, former administrative headquarters are located on Dale Street in the centre of Liverpool.

The Municipal Buildings had been a home for Liverpool City Council since the 1860s.

A report due to go to the authority’s cabinet on Friday 3 February will recommend approval of the sale.

The Fragrance Group has just acquired the four-star, 180-bedroom Imperial Hotel further up the coast in Blackpool.