Photo GettyA new $40 million, 120-room inner-city hotel is to be built in Invercargill by the Invercargill Licensing Trust. General manager Greg Mulvey confirmed today a hotel, probably six storeys high, would be built on the corner of Don and Dee Sts – a site already owned by the trust. “We’ve been advised the physical build itself will take 18 to 24 months.”Obtaining demolition consent from the Invercargill City Council was a vital first step to allow the project to commence. “Location, location, location – this will have a real visual impact when people come into the city.”The last hotel added to the Trust’s accommodation repertoire was Ascot Park in the late 1970s, while the Kelvin Hotel opened in the CBD in the 1960s. “We’re proud to still be staying true to our original mandate of 1944 to provide quality accommodation for the city of Invercargill,” Mr Mulvey said.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 19, 2017 00:22 UTC