Planning approval has been granted for a new 134-bedroom Ibis Styles hotel in the centre of Leeds. The hotel will also feature a ground floor 4,000 sq-ft Marco Pierre White restaurant with 90 covers.
The development is located in the Arena Quarter of Leeds. The Ibis Styles hotel will be on the site of the former Merrion Hotel which closed in 2012. A two storey extension is being added to the building to provide extra hotel accommodation and space for the restaurant.
The restaurant will be the first Marco's New York Italian Restaurant in Leeds and the first establishment of any kind which Pierre White has opened in the city where he grew up and began his culinary training.
The development is expected to open in December 2016.
Details: www.merrioncentre.co.uk
