New 530-bed hotel with sky bar could soon be coming to London Bridge

"The applicants, Latium Real Estate and Infinite Partners, want to partially demolish the office buildings at 22-24 Southwark Bridge Road and build a 17-storey hotel on the site. The hotel would feature a swimming pool and spa, as well as a gym, and a restaurant and bar with a garden terrace looking out to Southwark Bridge Road."

"Planning officers said that over the past year, the demand for office floorspace in the local area has continued to decline. Though the buildings are currently leased to office occupiers, there has been no viable offers from office occupiers. Planning officers went on to say the applicants' proposals offer an alternative form of commercial development which will help to meet a growing demand for visitor accommodation."

"On the fourteenth floor, there plans to be a sky bar with a terrace garden and external bar. Hotel rooms would be located from the mezzanine floor all the way to the fifteenth floor. Next to the restaurant, they plan for there to be a small private bar which functions with its own private terrace."

Latium Real Estate and Infinite Partners propose redeveloping office buildings at 22-24 Southwark Bridge Road near London Bridge into a 17-storey hotel with 530 beds. The hotel will feature a swimming pool and spa, gym, restaurant, bar with garden terrace, private bar, and a sky bar on the fourteenth floor. Hotel rooms occupy floors from the mezzanine to the fifteenth floor. Planning officers note declining office demand in the area with no viable office occupier offers, making the hotel proposal an alternative commercial development meeting growing visitor accommodation demand. The scheme received 31 objections and 5 supporting or neutral responses, with objectors citing concerns about public benefits, building height, and necessity.

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