Ireland’s Dalata Hotel Group eyes ?48m investment in Edinburgh
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Dalata Hotel Group hopes a four-star Clayton Hotel could be completed by the middle of 2026
1 Ireland’s largest hotelier is to open its first site in Edinburgh with a £48 million investment.
Dalata Hotel Group has acquired a vacant building at 28 St Andrew Square in the capital from Aviva Life & Pensions UK for £12.5 million.
Dalata said[1] there is already planning permission for an extension on the rooftop and at the rear of the A-listed property.
A revised application will be submitted next year and the company hopes a four-star Clayton Hotel with 153 bedrooms, as well as a bar, restaurant and gym, could be completed by the middle of 2026.
2 The development of a North Sea field could move forward