STARIN’S ADINA APARTMENT HOTEL TO BE BUILT IN MACQUARIE PARK, NORTH RYDE 154 ROOM HOTEL TO OPEN IN SYDNEY’S RAPIDLY GROWING BUSINESS DISTRICT 9 AUGUST 2016 - TFE Hotels will operate a stunning new Adina Apartment Hotel in Sydney’s second biggest and fastest growing business and commercial district, Macquarie Park at North Ryde, for owner STARIN, a Sydney-based boutique fund manager that actively engages in prime commercial property of hotels and serviced apartments. The new Adina Apartment Hotel is STARIN’s flagship project and it will deliver design excellence and commercial returns, fulfilling the high demand for accommodation from businesses in Macquarie Park, by being the first and tallest fully serviced apartment hotel. STARIN’s Adina Apartment Hotel Macquarie Park designed by Group GSA, will offer sweeping views of Sydney’s city skyline from its 19 storeys and includes an infinity pool, gym and bar on the top floor. It will comprise 154 hotel apartments, a ground floor reception, café and bar with an outdoor area and conferencing. Construction is starting now with planned completion end of 2017. Typical of all Adina Apartment Hotels, it will offer spacious apartment living with the benefit of hotel services such as 24-hour reception and room service. STARIN and TFE Hotels have carefully considered contemporary living and working spaces that will encourage guests to “live like a local” in studios or in one and two-bedroom apartments with fully-equipped kitchenettes and laundries. “The project has had a continuing strong vision in pushing design excellence,” said STARIN CEO Anurag Thukral. “The journey has involved a prestigious design competition with the prize awarded to leading architects. STARIN has focused on efficient design coupled with outstanding décor, interiors and ambience. STARIN is proud to hand over the operations to TFE Hotels, one of the leading hotel operators in Australia, to provide world-class customer service and maintain a 4 plus rating for the Apartment Hotel.” TFE Hotels CEO Rachel Argaman said TFE Hotels was perfectly suited to such a development because it was Australia’s only hotel group with in-house end-to-end development solutions, offering 50 years’ experience in hotel design, development and management to position it to deliver market leading returns to owners. TFE Hotels has 16 new hotels in its development pipeline under four brands. “At TFE Hotels we offer true technical services,” Ms Argaman said. “We advise and consult on the architectural design, construction and project management, performance specification and building layout of new or refurbished hotels. We offer intelligent guidance on the potential impact of any modifications, asset management and assist in the interior design scheme, along with FF&E guidance and procurement. “All of these services are considered and executed with optimal returns for the owner always top of mind.” The Macquarie Park hotel is strategically placed in one of Sydney’s fastest growing business centres, where pharmaceutical, technological, electronics and telecommunications corporations are headquartered, close to Macquarie Centre, one of Sydney’s biggest new retail centres. The hotel will be on Lane Cove Road, just 150 metres from Macquarie Park train station, to take advantage of the busy corporate and MICE markets drawn to the many corporate offices headquartered in the precinct, including Hyundai, Optus, Sony, CSIRO and Cochlear as well as Macquarie University and Macquarie University Hospital. The commercial precinct is 12 kilometers northwest of Sydney CBD and is the second largest business district in NSW after North Sydney, with 13,000 businesses spanning 854,251sqm of commercial space. Macquarie Park’s master plan shows it is expected to double in size in the next 20 years to include 2.5 million square metres of commercial space, to make it Australia’s fourth largest CBD after Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. It is also the second largest commercial office area in NSW after Sydney CBD. “This is a huge growth area of Sydney and having a new apartment-style hotel there will cater to that growing demand for excellent conference facilities and stylish apartment accommodation for business travellers,” Ms Argaman said. “Ryde’s hotel accommodation market has continued to perform on a yearly basis in line with strong corporate related demand as well as the emerging presence of Macquarie University.” This key employment hub is expected to create more than 40,000 additional jobs by 2031 and its population to expand by 34 per cent to reach nearly 30,000 residents by 2031. # ABOUT STARIN STARIN is a specialist boutique funds manager established in 2009, which actively engages in prime commercial property within the thriving hotel sector. STARIN is growing at an accelerated pace, expanding its portfolio with a pipeline of projects underway, including a development in Sydney CBD; the expansion of STARIN’s existing serviced apartments in Sydney’s North Shore as well as the planning of several other projects. STARIN identifies and sources new investment opportunities which demonstrate sustainable returns and capital growth. www.starin.com.au Social media: @StarinGroup ABOUT ADINA APARTMENT HOTELS Adina Apartment Hotels has 28 hotels in Australia, New Zealand and the European cities of Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Copenhagen and Budapest. Thirteen new Adina Apartment Hotels are scheduled to open in the next five years in: Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney; Macquarie Park and Sydney CBD; Brisbane CBD; Fremantle in Western Australia; and in the German cities of Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Leipzig and Hamburg. Adinahotels.com.au Facebook @AdinaApartmentHotels Twitter & Instagram @AdinaHotels ABOUT TFE HOTELS TFE Hotels is the only company headquartered in Australia to design and manage hotels end to end, from concept to successful operation. It has 70 hotels in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Europe and has 16 more in the design or construction phase, to open the next five years. TFE Hotels was established in 2013 as a joint venture between Australia’s long-established apartment and hotel development and management company, Toga Group (1963), and Singapore’s Far East Hospitality Holdings. Its six hotel brands include: Adina Apartment Hotels, Medina Serviced Apartments, Rendezvous Hotels, Vibe Hotels, Travelodge Hotels and the new TFE Hotels Collection. • Adina Apartment Hotels in 28 locations in Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Other locations coming soon include Frankfurt, Nuremburg, Leipzig and Hamburg in Germany, Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney; Macquarie Park and Sydney CBD; Brisbane CBD; Fremantle in Western Australia. • Medina Serviced Apartments in 5 locations in Australia. • Vibe Hotels in 8 locations in Australia. Other locations coming soon include Northpoint, North Sydney and Hobart. • Travelodge Hotels in 17 locations in Australia and New Zealand. Other locations coming soon include Sydney Airport. • Rendezvous Hotels in 10 locations in Australia, Singapore and New Zealand. • TFE Hotels Collection include Hotel Kurrajong Canberra, Australia. Other locations will be announced soon. www.TFEhotels.com Social Media: @tfehotels PRESS CONTACTS TFE Hotels Frank PR [email protected] (02) 8202 0555 TFE Hotels Natasha Granath Marketing Communications Manager [email protected] (02) 9356 1048 STARIN MJ Hernandez Marketing [email protected] (02) 9252 7827 .