The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has approved plans to convert a former cinema in Bethnal Green into a boutique hotel.
The Rex Cinema closed to the public in 1967. Now the original art deco façade of the former cinema is to be restored and the building will be the centre of a mixed-use development.
The new hotel will feature 130 bedrooms, a single screen cinema, a roof top bar and a restaurant.
Building work is expected to start on site in the early New Year with the hotel opening in around two years’ time.
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