An Aberdeen business park has signed up its third hotel operator with the announcement Inter IKEA will build a 200-bedroom Marriott Moxy at the ABZ site next to Aberdeen Airport.
ABZ Developments Ltd say the combined schemes will add 470 bedrooms in the city and help ease Aberdeen’s long standing hotel bed shortage.
Marriott International and Inter IKEA Property Division’s, Inter Hospitality Holding, are rolling out the new Moxy Hotels brand and the first hotels to open their doors are expected to be in Milan, Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt and Oslo.
In the UK, the ABZ sites at Dyce, Stratford and London Royal Docks, are pencilled in for potential Moxy developments.
For tech-savvy travellers
Moxy Hotels will target tech-savvy travellers who embrace new technology and properties will feature smart and stylish design, with bright open public spaces and complimentary state-of-the-art computers and Wi-Fi.
Guestrooms will be functional and well-designed, with upscale bath amenities, 42” flat screen televisions and built-in USB ports conveniently located throughout the room.
Planning and build
ABZ Development Ltd and Inter Hospitality Holding have issued a Proposal for Application Notice and are expected to submit a planning application to Aberdeen City Council by mid-May for development of the 200-bed 60,000 sq ft building.
Once planning consent has been granted, work on the £15 million hotel is expected to begin immediately, with completion by early 2016.
The Moxy Hotel will be the third hotel located at the ABZ Business Park, helping to address a long-standing hotel bed shortage in Aberdeen. Dominvs Group, which recently acquired a plot from ABZ at International Gate, is currently seeking changes to the existing planning permission for a 140-bedroom 4-star and a 130-bedroom 3-star offering under the Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express brands.
ABZ Business Park
ABZ Business Park is a major international commercial site which is home to global oil and gas technology companies, serviced office facilities and premier hotels.
Located on the approach to Aberdeen International Airport, the 54 acre site has excellent transport links to Aberdeen city centre, Inverness and the north of Scotland and will soon be linked to the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route which will take traffic to the south of the city and Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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