Plans revealed for new €4m hotel in the heart of Limerick
Ten new jobs expected to be created from new development
LIMERICK Live can exclusively reveal plans for a new €4m boutique hotel in the heart of the city.
Developer Tony Enright is seeking planning permission from the council to transform the now closed Student Campus language school into a 35-bedroom hotel, described as “boutique by design, Limerick by nature”.
Up to 10 new jobs are expected to be created.
While Mr Enright did not wish to comment, a prospectus on the ambitious plans for 17 – 19 Patrick Street states the concept will be inspired by other successful lifestyle hotels around Ireland.
"A warm, stylish, and characterful city hotel that feels independent, personal and unmistakably connected to Limerick,” is how the vision is described.
“Compact rooms” will be used, “intelligently investing in beds, showers, lighting artwork and atmosphere, rather than relying on large-scale facilities,” adds the guide.
The 35 rooms will be spread across four floors on the upper levels of the existing building, which will be repurposed to provide for the hotel.
One accessible room will be provided on each floor with a passenger liftlinking the levels.
It’s anticipated the hotel will be priced in the €80 to €100-per-night bracket.
The Mexican restaurant Boojum will remain on the ground floor.
The prospectus suggests the new hotel, if it gets the go-ahead, will carry “dark green and charcoal tones”.
There will be “statement lighting”, plus it will have “warm timber and a brass accent”.
Irish art and local references will be included.
The proposed hotel, the prospectus adds, is intended to appeal to couples and leisure travellers, business guests, wedding and events visitors, plus sporting and concert crowds.
On top of this, it will serve friends' weekends and small social groups.
"The ambition is to create more than simply another place to sleep: a hotel connected to the life of the city, encouraging visitors to stay, socialise and experience Limerick," it adds.
"Rather than following a large corporate hotel format, the Patrick Street concept is being developed around a more intimate boutique experience,” the guide says, promising a “fresh, contemporary and distinctly Limerick city centre stay.”
Those behind the accommodation want it to “feel” like Limerick from the moment guests arrive.
Council is scheduled to make a decision on the hotel development by Wednesday, November 18.