Lothbury Investment Management, acting on behalf of Lothbury Property Trust, will fund a development of a new Malmaison boutique hotel in York.
The new hotel, which is a redevelopment of a 1960s landmark building previously known as Yorkshire House, is located on Rougier Street, within the historic city walls and close to York’s railway station. The hotel will compromises 150 bedrooms and a new rooftop ‘sky bar’ providing stunning views over York.
Once completed, the scheme will have a development value of c. €50.2m (£44m) reflecting a net initial yield of 4.54%. Malmaison has agreed to a 35-year lease with RPI-linked rent reviews every five years, between 0% and 4%.
Mark O’Mullane from Lothbury Investment Management, said: “This is a major investment which provides almost-certain rental growth in line with inflation. It also increases Lothbury Property Trust’s exposure to the hotel sector, which fulfils a longstanding objective to acquire another hotel asset to complement our existing Edinburgh hotel. It also improves the average weighted unexpired lease term of the Fund.”
Development is commencing in the spring, with completion scheduled for Q2/Q3 2019. Yorkshire Ventures will act as development manager.
