New hotel planned for Belfast’s Chichester Street

Kilmona, the firm behind Belfast’s Ten Square hotel has unveiled plans for a new hotel on the city’s Chichester Street.

A planning application has been filed for a 146-bed hotel on the upper floors of 69-87 Chichester Street by Kilmona Property Ltd, headed by businessman Patrick Kearney.

The ground entrance of Centre House includes a Centra store and  the popular Granny Annies Kitchen bar, with plans submitted for a new build on the same site to accommodate a further 17 bedrooms.

Mr Kearney operates a portfolio of hotels here under the Loughview Leisure name, including Ten Square, Chimney Corner and Loughshore Hotels.

It also recently purchased the Hilton Hotel in Templepatrick and revealed plans to turn the 200-acre hotel and golf resort into a DoubleTree by Hilton brand, which will be the first of its kind here.

At the time, Christopher Kearney, Loughview Leisure Group Finance Director, said: “We’re thrilled to add the Hilton Templepatrick resort to our current portfolio of hotels. DoubleTree by Hilton is one of the fastest growing brands within Hilton’s portfolio and we’re very excited to be the first of this franchise in Northern Ireland.”

Centre House (previously RAC House) is an eight-storey office building at the corner of Chichester Street and Victoria Street.

The Chichester Street fronting was built in the mid-70s and has five storeys, while the second phase, built in the 1990s is eight storeys high.