D&D Events will shortly be launching what they claim is their 'most spectacular restaurant to date'. The German Gymnasium opens in central London between Kings Cross and St Pancras stations on 12th November 2015.

The building was Britain’s first purpose-built gym and was the site for the indoor events at the first Olympic Games, held in London back in 1866.The new Conran-designed interior has kept the original cast-iron hooks from which budding Olympians swung from ropes, as well as the laminated timber roof trusses.

The German Gymnasium will include a Grand Café, restaurant and bar. It will also include a semi-private dining room and an outdoor terrace. The semi-private dining room will seat up to 32 guests, or 50 guests for a cocktail and canapé reception. The mezzanine will accommodate up to 250 guests for a standing reception and the entire venue up to 500 guests.

German Gymnasium can be hired exclusively during the day, for a breakfast meeting or for corporate entertaining in the evening.

German Gymnasium is located in King's Boulevard in London.

Details: www.germangymnasium.com

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Published: 20 October 2015

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Planning permission has been granted for the first phase of the £1.3billion St. John’s redevelopment scheme in the centre of Manchester.

St. John’s is centred on the former home of Granada Television studios in central Manchester and the former Coronation Street set. Both will make way for the 2.8million sq. ft. regeneration scheme.

The existing eight-storey Granada Studios building will be converted into an event hotel with restaurants, bars, roof terraces, a rooftop pool and a cinema. It will also include new performance and entertainment spaces in the old broadcast and recording studios.

The 25-acre St. John’s development is located between Castlefield and the Spinningfields business quarter in Manchester.

Details: www.stjohnsmanchester.com

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Published: 19 October 2015

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Reading Football Club has unveiled plans to transform an undeveloped parcel of land currently used for car parking into a mixed-use development with the Madejski Stadium at its heart.

The development - named Royal Elm Park - will include a new 250-bedroom hotel and a new mix of leisure facilities, including an ice rink, restaurants and a large public square.

The Madejski Stadium opened in 1998 and is the home of Reading Football Club and London Irish Rugby Club. The 201-bedroom Millennium Madejski Hotel Reading is set alongside the ground with the Royal Berkshire Conference Centre a two minute walk away.

Madejski Stadium is less than two miles from the M4 motorway at junction 11.

Details: www.readingfc.co.uk

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Published: 19 October 2015

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Funding is in place and contractors are on-site at a new leisure scheme in Bath that will feature a hotel, a casino and restaurants.

The 54,500 sq. ft. Sawclose scheme will comprise a four-storey development situated in the centre of Bath featuring a 145-bedroom Z Hotel, a casino and two restaurants.

Completion of the Z Bath Hotel project is scheduled for May 2017. It will be the third Z hotel to open outside London – joining Z Hotels in Liverpool and Glasgow.

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Published: 16 October 2015

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