Yet another new hotel could be opening shortly in the centre of Liverpool. Plans are now in hand to convert the former Republik vodka bar and nightclub in Bold Street into a 22-suite hotel. The bar hit the headlines when it was at the centre of a drugs raid earlier this year.

A planning application has been submitted to Liverpool City Council to add a new fifth floor to the building and change its use from a bar to a hotel.

Built in the 1920s, the building is a former Lloyds Bank branch but is now vacant.  The exterior of the property features a Liver Bird medallion above a grand window, a pair of nautically themed decorative window panels and a relief of Lloyds' horse logo. The original façade will be retained in the proposed redevelopment.

Internally, owners are planning 22 single, twin and double suites. The large open spaces on the ground floor and mezzanine will be retained as event space.

The property is located at 66-68 Bold Street, on the corner with Slater Street, in the centre of Liverpool.

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