KEIE Limited and Beetham have announced plans for Liverpool’s first five-star hotel at an exclusive briefing for investors and end-users at the MIPIM property fair in Cannes, France.

The developers also confirmed the ambition to involve renowned skyscraper designers Simpson Haugh with the £1 billion King Edward scheme.

KEIE and Beetham recently revealed that a planning application for a 27-storey ‘pathfinder’ tower will be submitted within a month. However, at MIPIM, they went a step further – disclosing that the scheme will include two hotels with a total of 400 bedrooms. Their aim is to attract a global operator to introduce a five-star brand, which will also offer luxury branded residences within a single tower of up to 60 storeys or more.

Hugh Frost, chairman of Beetham, said: “We are creating a destination and a new district in the city centre and the mix and quality of uses and operators will be key to its success

“A waterfront of Liverpool’s quality deserves only the best and we are here talking to hoteliers about how we can give them the setting to showcase their brand for the first time in the Liverpool market. The growth in the city’s high-end tourism market, particularly cruise passengers, gives us the confidence that this will succeed.”

Scheme architect Chris Bolland of Liverpool-based Brock Carmichael said that the development’s design values will be a key attribute that will attract ‘the best occupiers’.

“This is all about creating a new destination to which blue chip occupiers will naturally gravitate. The best restaurateurs want to be next to the best hotels and office occupiers, so everything is conceived with that circularity in mind,” added Bolland.

“We are delighted to be curating an outstanding design team that we hope will also include Simpson Haugh, and global design practice firm 3XN.”

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