Boutique hotel chain Dakota Hotel has secured planning permission to build a 154-bedroom hotel at MIX MANCHESTER, adjacent to Manchester Airport.
The £60m GDV hotel, which will be the second in Manchester for Dakota, will be located off Enterprise Way on a three-acre plot.
Designed by KPP Architects, the hotel will feature a premium bar and brasserie-style grill on the ground floor and will provide 130 car parking spaces and a dedicated shuttle service to and from the airport terminals.
Enabling and preparation works are already underway on site and contractor GMI Construction is lined up to start construction works shortly.
Andrew Ovenstone, managing director of Dakota Hotels, said: “This is an exceptional location for the latest hotel in our northern portfolio. Not only is it strategically placed next to one of the busiest airports in the world, but it will be central to the development coming forward across the MIX MANCHESTER site. We’re very pleased to have secured planning and look forward to bringing the Dakota Hotels experience to the local community, business travellers and employees and visitors to MIX MANCHESTER.”
Gareth Jackson, group property director at Manchester Airports Group – part of the JV partnership behind MIX MANCHESTER – added: “Dakota securing planning for their new hotel is another great milestone for us at MIX MANCHESTER. It’s a superb brand, one which closely aligns with our ambitions and vision for the forward-thinking companies that we’re aiming to attract to MIX MANCHESTER.
“It will provide an exceptional standard of accommodation and high-quality service for both employees and for some of the 28 million passengers who travel through the airport each year.”
Asteer Planning advised Dakota Hotels.
