Gent of The angle of the François Laurentplein and the Brabantdam is white packed. It seems like artist/gebouwinpakker Christo is, but that is not so. Finally, the renovation of the Braempoort-gallery started. That was over 8 years empty. Next year will open a boutique hotel with 80 rooms and a glass penthouse.
Last year, names crackers their offices in the massive building. Because, in addition to the empty shopping centre, which extends into the Vlaanderenstraat, is home to the Braempoort also a mass of offices. Project developer Urban Link addresses these stadskanker now.
– Floor in glass
In the course of 2020, it will that place has changed beyond recognition. There opens a unique boutique hotel with 90 rooms. Currently the entire building is stripped. The griffon, grey-brown facade will be gone, and made way for white stone. At the top is a floor in glass added.
for a Moment binnenwippen
The former patio, around which the shops of the shopping centre layers, is the hotel lobby. There is, of course, also a restaurant, and also still of some shops. The intention is that there will be a meeting-place, where also Inhabitants just within a look. A place like the Marriott on the Korenlei. Furthermore, the rooms, the corridors and the lobby is remarkably decorated. Architects Bontinck made a drawing of the design, the interior is from the hand of King George.
Inexpensive will the new hotel have not been, but ‘pokkeduur. A room would be around 100 euro per night cost. The hotel is not in the hands of a chain. Urban Link wants to own and operate, and pulled Paul Suy to as a hotel manager. He has experience, because he started in 2007, the Marriott Hotel on.
