SAXBURY THE HOWELLS BUILDING CARDIFF The Howells Building A historic 1.7 acre, hospitality led mixed-use scheme with potential for hotel and apart-hotel (C1) use class CONTENTS OVERVIEW 4 LOCATION 7 CONNECTIVITY 8 HOTEL SCHEME 9 APART-HOTEL SCHEME 15 BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME 21 CARDIFF 28 THE NEXT STEP 30 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME OVERVIEW CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP Serviced apartment specialists, Saxbury, are delighted to be instructed on a 1.7 acre mixed-use site in central Cardiff. Currently the House of Fraser department store, the site has been replanned to accommodate either a hotel (214 units), an apart-hotel (134 units) or a boutique hotel (64 units). Saxbury invites all interested hospitality companies to come forward with their suggestions for one of the proposed schemes. Address 20 St Mary St, Cardiff CF10 1TT Accomodation 200+ Keys (STP) Gross Internal Area 11,075m2 Use Class C1 Hotel / Apart-Hotel THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 4 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME OVERVIEW CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP The Howells Building is one of Cardiff’s most iconic buildings com- prising a Grade II* listed department store built between the late 1860’s and early 1900’s and extended during the 1960’s. Naissance Capital Real Estate Ltd. is the current owner of the build- ing. It’s key business includes originating, structuring and execut- ing commercial real estate investment and development strategies across the UK and United States of behalf of private banks and family offices. The building originally comprised two stores, nine Victorian houses, a chapel, a brewery and a garage, but was remodeled over time to provide one major department store. The property forms part of a major freehold island site with three frontages totaling circa 1.72 acres. A bit of history... In 1867, the fabric and furniture store relocated to 13 St Mary Street. In 1869, a separate Howells carpet and millinery department opens on the same street, and occupies number 12. By 1883, it occupied 9-14 St Mary Street and also included the old Biggs Brewery at the rear of Trinity Street. The street facade as it is known today was built. By the early 1900s, Howells had sprawled across the St Mary Street neighborhood, taking over nine Victorian houses and a garage – the facades of which still exist today. In 1931, a new four-storey building was opened on the corner of St Mary Street and Wharton Street. In 1972, it was sold to House of Fraser and developed a reputation as the “Harrods of Wales”. THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 5 St Mary Street Wharton Street THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 6 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME LOCATION CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP Situated between two semi-pedestrianised retail streets, the Howells Building is one of the most well-known and architecturally impressive buildings in Cardiff. The site is within walking distance from Cardiff Central station, within sight of the Principality G Stadium (formally the Millennium Stadium) and K H is located within the capital’s most valuable retail 5 and residential zone. F 6 J 4 2 E I D A 1 B L C 3 The Howells Building 1 St David’s Hall 4 St David’s Retail Mall A The Citrus Hotel D Royal Hotel G Park Plaza Hotel J Holiday Inn 2 Principality Stadium 5 The Capitol Retail Mall B Radisson Blu Hotel E Sandringham Hotel H Mercure Hotel K Jury’s Inn 3 Cardiff Central Station 6 Queens Arcade C Clayton Hotel F Hilton Hotel I Park Inn by Radisson L Hotel ibis THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 7 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME CONNECTIVITY CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP The Howells Building is located 0.3 miles from Cardiff Central train station, which provides frequent journeys to London Paddington in just over two hours and Bristol in around 50mins. Cardiff is also easily accessible via car as it is situated just off the M4 motorway, which leads directly to London. Buses to Cardiff Airport also run from Cardiff Central station, connect- ing the city to multiple destinations worldwide. The airport will receive another £6m investment and with new routes such as the one to Doha with Qatar Airways, the airport could have over two million annual visitors by March 2020. THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 8 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP DEVELOPMENT OPTION ONE HOTEL SCHEME THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 9 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME SCHEDULE OF AREAS CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP The suggested hotel layout comprises 16 floors, with 214 units ranging in size from 25.5 to 35m2 (subject to planning). The following schedule of areas and floor plans are indicative and can be revised to suit the operator’s requirements. FLOOR AREA SCHEDULE SIZE (m2) -1 Back of House 709 0 Staff Back of House 91 0 Lobby / F&B 572 1 Leisure 120 Image for illustration purposes only, credit to Loft Interiors to credit purposes only, illustration Image for 1 Conference & Banqueting 207 1 Administration 140 1 Staff room 68 2-15 Rooms & Suites 6,216 16 Roof Terrace 539 TOTAL 11,075 FLOOR STUDIO DDA PREMIUM SUITE TOTAL 0 2 - - - 2 2 9 1 2 - 12 3-14 12 2 2 - 16 15 - - - 8 8 TOTAL 155 25 26 8 214 THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 10 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME FLOOR PLANS CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP The shaded space BASEMENT demonstrates the hotel’s parameters within the overall site. These plans demonstrate the proposed layouts of the hotel scheme and are not to scale. FULL PLANS >> THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 11 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME FLOOR PLANS CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP These plans demonstrate GROUND FLOOR the proposed layouts of the hotel scheme and are not to scale. FIRST FLOOR FULL PLANS >> THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 12 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME FLOOR PLANS CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP These plans demonstrate SECOND FLOOR the proposed layouts of the hotel scheme and are not to scale. THIRD FLOOR FULL PLANS >> THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 13 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME FLOOR PLANS CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP These plans demonstrate FOURTEENTH FLOOR the proposed layouts of the hotel scheme and are not to scale. FIFTEENTH FLOOR FULL PLANS >> THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 14 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP DEVELOPMENT OPTION TWO APART-HOTEL SCHEME THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 15 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME SCHEDULE OF AREAS CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP The suggested apart-hotel layout proposes 134 units, ranging in size from FLOOR AREA SCHEDULE SIZE (m2) 27 to 38m2 over 10 floors (subject to planning). The following schedule of areas and floor plans are indicative and can be revised to suit the operator’s -1 Housekeeping / Fitness Room - requirements. 0 Third Party Bar / Cafe 378 0 Back of House 286 1 Breakfast Bar / Lounge / Reception 125 1 Leisure 190 2 Fitness / Meeting Rooms 88 2 Meeting Room 31 1-10 Apartments 4,022 16 Roof Terrace 539 TOTAL 6,896 FLOOR STUDIO DDA PREMIUM 1 BED TOTAL 1 1 - 5 - 6 2 2 1 8 - 11 3 3 1 10 1 15 4,6,7 3 - 11 1 15 5,8 2 - 12 1 15 9 3 - 12 - 15 10 1 - 1 10 12 TOTAL 23 2 93 16 134 Image for illustration purposes only, credit to Loft Interiors to credit purposes only, illustration Image for THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 16 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME FLOOR PLANS CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP The shaded space BASEMENT demonstrates the apart- hotel’s parameters within the overall site. These plans demonstrate the proposed layouts of the apart-hotel scheme and are not to scale. FULL PLANS >> THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 17 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME FLOOR PLANS CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP These plans demonstrate GROUND FLOOR the proposed layouts of the apart-hotel scheme and are not to scale. FIRST FLOOR FULL PLANS >> THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 18 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME FLOOR PLANS CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP These plans demonstrate SECOND FLOOR the proposed layouts of the apart-hotel scheme and are not to scale. THIRD FLOOR FULL PLANS >> THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 19 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME FLOOR PLANS CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP These plans demonstrate TENTH FLOOR the proposed layouts of the apart-hotel scheme and are not to scale. FULL PLANS >> THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 20 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP DEVELOPMENT OPTION THREE BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 21 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME SCHEDULE OF AREAS CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP The suggested boutique hotel layout proposes 67 units, ranging in size from 26.5 to 56.5m2 over four floors (subject to planning). The following schedule of areas are indicative and can be revised to suit the operator’s requirements. FLOOR AREA SCHEDULE SIZE (m2) -1 Back of House 795 0 Entrance Lobby 302 0 Restaurant / Retail 398 1-4 Rooms 2,205 TOTAL 4,512 FLOOR STUDIO DDA PREMIUM SUITE TOTAL 1-3 11 1 4 2 54 4 5 1 3 4 13 TOTAL 38 4 15 10 67 Image for illustration purposes only, credit to Loft Interiors to credit purposes only, illustration Image for THE HOWELLS BUILDING | CARDIFF 22 OVERVIEW / LOCATION / CONNECTIVITY / HOTEL SCHEME / APART-HOTEL SCHEME / BOUTIQUE HOTEL SCHEME FLOOR PLANS CARDIFF / THE NEXT STEP The shaded space BASEMENT demonstrates the boutique hotel’s parameters within the site.