Third Liverpool location up and running for SevenStay
The aparthotel operator has spent a year refurbishing former Signature Living asset 60 Old Hall Street, ahead of its opening at the weekend.
The building has lain empty for six years, apart from the opening of the Big Liverpool Bake venue in part of the ground floor. It was acquired by Liverpool-based JSM Group for an undisclosed sum several years ago, and that firm has worked with SevenStay to redevelop the asset.
SevenStay’s other sites are in Bold Street and Fleet Street.
The firm said it has spent a year refurbishing the aparthotel to a premium standard to serve the corporate and commercial sector, sitting as it does in the heart of Liverpool’s commercial district, as well as providing a quieter weekend alternative to its other sites.
Opening on 7 March, 60 Old Hall Street comprises 44 serviced apartments with a selection of one and two-bedroom choices for between one and six guests. The aparthotel will have a front desk with concierge and a 24-hour answerable phone system.
An independently run gym will offer discounted access to residents during their stay and, in April, vegan café The Wild Root is expected to open.
SevenStay owner Andy Shields said: “Our other aparthotels are in the busy and lively Concert Square area of the city, while 60 Old Hall Street will offer a more relaxed alternative.
“Midweek that means appealing to the business community, perfectly positioned in Liverpool’s corporate and commercial sector and close to things like the waterfront arena and convention centre.”
As with its various other holdings, Signature had big plans for 60 Old Hall Street, with a consent in place to expend what had been the Ralli House office building upwards by four storeys, so that 116 apartments could be created.
In 2022, administrator FRP Advisory instructed Fletcher Bond to find a buyer for the building, described at that time as having 63 apartments at “varying stages of completion”.
Shields continued: “Not everyone wants to stay in hotels, they prefer the comfort of an aparthotel which gives them the choice to dine out or cook for themselves. This is especially attractive for anyone in town for a longer period.
“At the weekends, it’s ideal for visitors who prefer somewhere quieter to stay while still being only a stone’s throw from the activity… you might enjoy the hustle and bustle – but you don’t always want to stay in the middle of it.”
Good to see the building not left semi-derelict after the Signature debacle, but it’s another fairly modern (if quite ugly) office block in the middle of what remains of Liverpool’s Office District that’s gone over to another use, in this case needing just security guards and cleaners
If this was Manchester, it would be given an imaginative refurb, such as Bruntwood are very good at, or it would be replaced with new Grade A office space.
Question is whether LCC should have done/do more to protect office space in the commercial core, particularly the modern stuff around Moorfields which are now really poor quality resi taking advantage of PDR, or there’s simply no demand for office space in which case Pall Mall will remain an aspiration.
By Toad Hall Street
Good news, was this the building with the abandoned steel frame on the roof? Hopefully that’s been removed or being used to supply further rooms.
By Anonymous