NEW life will be breathed into two landmark buildings in Warrington town centre with another multi-million-pound investment to create a second boutique hotel offering.
Following on from the success of the first Deuce Hotel development at the nearby Old Post Office Building, local property developer Danny Inman has successfully bid to be the preferred developer for the Grade II listed buildings on Sankey Street, next to the town hall.
With the nearby Old Post Ofice facility already proving to be a great success, Danny sees the new buildings as a natural progression.
Bank House (No 88) has been vacant since 2014 when it ceased to be used by Golden Gates Housing Trust as an operational office.
Danny said: “Work won’t start until early 2024 as we have to go through the planning process and listed buildings process with the council to get approval for the conversion.
“We spent circa £3m on Deuce one, and we would expect around the same investment to hit the same high-quality finish we are looking for.
He added: “Demand for Deuce at the Old Post Office Building has been through the roof, and that, alongside the incredible reviews we have received, has given us the encouragement to invest further in the model in the Warrington area, along my completely biased faith in and belief in the future of Warrington as a town of course!
Land to the rear of Bank House is currently an operational council-operated public car park, and a condition of the sale is that this provision remains somewhere within the redevelopment scheme.
The new scheme replaces one put forward in 2019 when a developer proposed to convert Bank House and 86 Sankey Street into a boutique hotel, restaurant, spa and swimming pool.
Warrington Borough Council see the proposal as regenerating an area of unused vacant land, providing a quality development next to the Town Hall and bringing two landmark buildings back into use.
They say the scheme is deliverable and has planning and financial viability compared to the previous and other proposals.
