Dan Whelan
The listed e-commerce firm wants to redevelop three properties on Kennedy Street into offices for beauty brand ESPA, a restaurant, and boutique hotel accommodation, as it continues its city centre hospitality investment.
Under the proposals, designed by EPR Architects, numbers 16, 20 and 24 Kennedy Street would be converted. Number 16, most recently used as offices, would be upgraded to create office accommodation and training studios for ESPA, one of The Hut Group’s brands.
Numbers 20 and 24 would be operated as part of the King Street Townhouse hotel, which The Hut Group bought in 2019 as part of its acquisition of Eclectic Hotel Group.