Hotel developments for northern Tasmania
An exciting series of hotels going up is set to transform northern Tasmania.
Proposals include a $50 million top-class hotel planned for Launceston, a luxury resort on the top of Table Cape, near Wynyard, plans to celebrate Launceston’s Cataract Gorge and development applications in the Stanley area and at Cradle Mountain.
All part of a $200 million development pipeline.
One proposal is the JAC Group’s new $50 million luxury hotel on the corner of Patterson and Margaret streets in Launceston.
The company, founded by veteran entrepreneur and winemaker Josef Chromy, plans to open the Gorge Hotel in 2020.
The new hotel will boast 130 rooms.
And the top floor will be earmarked for five-star penthouse suites.
JAC Group already commissioned a competition to find the best design for the new hotel.
The winner was Melbourne-based CGB Architects.
“The next step is to prepare a rezoning application so that council can formally consider the nine-storey height of the development,” JAC Group managing director Dean Cocker told the Hobart Mercury.
“We will be seeking the same zoning and height that applies to the Silo Hotel, which is limited to 40 metres above ground level.”
The Silo Hotel he is referring to will offer 108 rooms.
All part of Errol Stewart’s redevelopment of the Kings Wharf grain silo.
That’s due to open next year.
Then there is the Fragrance Group. In addition to its high-rise hotel plans for Hobart, it is also working on plans to redevelop Launceston’s Clarion Hotel.
Added to that are the plans for a new $40 million waterfront luxury hotel for Devonport, transforming the town from an arrival and departure point when you get off the Spirit of Tasmania ferry to a destination in its own right.
The new hotel is part of Devonport City Council’s Living City project.
The council last week announced the winning developer for the hotel site in the city’s CBD, awarding it to local construction firm Fairbrother which will finance and build the 150 to 200 room hotel and appoint an operator.
And finally, there’s the $70 million Table Cape Resort. The Waratah-Wynyard Council gave it the green light in July.
by Leon Gettler, October 7th 2017
