Proposed Moxy Hotel Bristol

Public Consultation INTRODUCTION This exhibition is being held to explain the proposal by Vastint for a new Marriott Moxy Hotel situated off Newfoundland Way within the administrative boundary of Bristol City Council.

Vastint is a an international real estate organisation with 25 years of experience and is the holding company within the Inter IKEA Property Division. It has been part of the Inter IKEA Group of companies since 1989.

The Moxy Hotel is a new and vibrant brand operated by Marriott.

Moxy is Marriott’s newest brand focused on the rapidly growing 3-startier segment of the hotel business.

Moxy’s focus is on the millennial traveler, who understands that style can be delivered at attractive prices. Moxy has the full power of Marriott behind it and the potency of style, and innovation and tech savviness that travellers demand.

From unexpectedly spacious rooms to a vibrant lobby and a 24-hour café/bar, Moxy offers an experience that is bold, confident and hip.

First introduced in Europe at Malpensa Milan airport in 2013, the Moxy brand launched in the United States in January 2015, eight identified projects for major metropolitan locations, including New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, New Orleans and Chicago. More hotels are set to open across Europe in Germany (Munich, Frankfurt and Berlin); Denmark (Copenhagen); and the United Kingdom (London) over the next two years.

Plans are also being prepared to be submitted for a new Moxy Hotel at Edinburgh Airport.

WHY HAVE AN EXHIBITION? As part of the planning process, it is necessary to complete a consultation excercise to request feedback from the community. This forms part of the planning application which will be submitted for full planning permission in Autumn 2015.

Public Consultation THE SITE & CONTEXT The proposed site for the new hotel is located within a highly urbanised area of Bristol city centre, facing onto Newfoundland Way (A4043) which merges north-east onto the M32.

It is directly opposite the Cabot Circus car park and shopping centre which is a main commercial centre. The site is surrounded by a variety of buildings including several listed buildings within the adjacent Portland and Brunswick Squares Conservation Area and buildings with a varied history.

The current site comprises five 1 and 2-storey linked buildings, three of which are vacant and two are occupied by Halfords Autocentre. The buildings primarily face onto Newfoundland Way, while rear access exists along Orange Street. The existing buildings, with the exception of the Police Station building, have little to no aesthetic merit and are in a poor state of repair.

The site has been previously identified as a potentially suitable site for hotel development, with an application by a different hotel provider granted for a 6 storey hotel in 2011. This hotel was never constructed and the 3-year permission window for development under this approval has now lapsed.

LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED BRISTOL MOXY HOTEL

Public Consultation THE PROPOSAL The proposal is for a 6-storey hotel with a building footprint of just over 8,000m2, providing 238 bedrooms including reception, lounge, bar and eating areas.

The existing right of way which leads between buildings on the site will be retained to the ground floor.

All buildings currently on the site will be demolished and the building will be constructed in two phases: Phase One will extend up to the point of the public walkway with 171 rooms and the land to the east (where the former police station is situated) will be landscaped.

For Phase Two, this landscaped area will be removed and the hotel will be extended with a further 67 rooms. Given that the hotel is of a modular construction, extension at a later date will be a straightforward and quick process.

Public Consultation DESIGN PRINCIPLES A key design principle of the Moxy brand is to provide a youthful and modern, comfortable and affordable hotel accommodation with a focus on a mixed events space on the ground floor.

BRISTOL, NEWFOUNDLAND ROAD

Initial outline designs based on similar Moxy schemes fitted into the Bristol site boundary

The ground floor is a key element of the design proposal and consists of four main open areas divided into quiet space, welcoming area, food and drink area and lounge space. The ground floor will therefore provide an active frontage and present a strong design presence to Newfoundland Way.

The main hotel entrance will be from Newfoundland Way. Although transport arrangements are still in discussion with Bristol City Council. It is proposed that a layby is provided to the street frontage on Newfoundland Way, to provide a drop-off for passengers arriving by coach, with access for taxis and deliveries via a secondary entrance along Orange Street.

The proposed building is at a gateway location on the approach into and out of Bristol and the hotel will be an important landmark in the surrounding area. Modern high quality cladding materials will be used and, following initial discussions with Bristol City Council, a local artist will be engaged to provide some feature artwork to the gable wall(s) of the building.

MOXY HOTEL – PHASE ONE

The proposed building is 6 storeys high (ground floor plus 5 floors of accommodation) with a small plant area situated on the roof. Scale and massing will be in-keeping with the buildings along Newfoundland Way and the Bristol Shopping Quarter in order to create an enhanced entry point to the city centre.

MOXY HOTEL – PHASE TWO

Initial outline designs based on similar Moxy schemes fitted into the Bristol site boundary

Public Consultation TRANSPORT

SUSTAINABILITY

Main access points will be from Newfoundland Way as well as Orange Street. Discussions are ongoing with Bristol City Council, but it is proposed that a layby will be installed along Newfoundland Way to allow coaches to drop off passengers, whilst access for taxis and deliveries will be to the rear of the building along Orange Street.

The existing walkway and right of way (between Orange Street and Newfoundland Way) will be retained at ground floor level.

The Moxy brand hotel is by nature a Low Carbon design building, with many of the construction features built in controlled environments and brought to site for final assembly. The modular concept allows the use of high quality materials with little to no waste ensuring low embodied carbon in its production. The building incorporates a significant volume of timber. This locks in CO2 rather than traditional materials such as steel and concrete which emit large quantities of CO2. Furthermore the raw building material, timber, requires much less energy than traditional construction materials.

Access to rear and back of house areas will be provided from Orange Street at the rear of the building. Services and refuse will be contained within the building in a dedicated ‘back of house’ service area and upper floors will be served by a combination of lifts and stairwells. It is anticipated that cycle provision/storage will be included within the hotel design which will be confirmed as part of the full planning application.

In addition local transport to the area is good given the site’s location close to the city centre.

Moxy Hotels are designed with a number of energy saving features to reduce carbon emissions such as heat recovery ventilation, LED lighting technology and efficient lifts. Plant is designed to be installed to roof and back-ofhouse locations causing minimal disturbance.

PLANNING Additional examples of technologies which can be specified to further increase sustainability include PV panels and small scale wind-turbine power. Further sustainability measures will be factored into the design including dual flush toilets and waste and segregation/recycling etc.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold is a target of the Moxy hotel brand. LEED considers design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a building helping to reduce the building’s carbon footprint. In addition, the modular construction concept of the building will help to achieve low carbon emissions as the cross laminated timber production is considered carbon negative.

National and local planning policies set out several key objectives including building strong, competitive economies, ensuring the vitality of town and city centres, good design principles and the importance of preserving and enhancing the historic environment; all of which are considered as part of this development.

In addition, this application will meet the guidance provided by the Bristol Development Plan, which comprises of the following: Core Strategy (adopted 2011); Site Allocations and Development Management Policies (adopted 2014); and the Bristol Central Area Plan (adopted March 2015).

Material considerations provided by supplementary planning documents and character appraisals will be equally considered.

Proactive discussions with the planning department at Bristol City Council are on-going and following the submission of a pre-application enquiry, a full planning application for the development will be submitted in Autumn 2015.

Public Consultation OTHER MOXY HOTELS

CONSTRUCTION

THE NOW

By the end of 2016, a number of other Moxy Hotels should be open in very similar locations across Europe including:

The construction of the building is quick and sustainable, but most of all of high quality and flexible. Circumstances vary per project, but that is never a problem. With our in-house designers we are able to create a bespoke building for every site incorporating the user’s requirements.

The public space is open to the public and divided in 4 different zones. The four zones go from calm to vibrant:

Moxy Munich Airport, Germany - located five minutes from the main terminal; Moxy Eschborn, Germany - located 10 minutes from downtown Frankfurt and 15 minutes from Frankfurt Airport;

• Industrial chic look, open ceiling, tech enabled environment, free WI-FI, USB, electric outlets;

Moxy Frankfurt Gateway Gardens, Germany - located in the campus of Gateway Gardens , walking distance to Frankfurt Airport terminal 2;

• Video wall featuring the guestbook; • Public space with games; • Four zones form calm to energise

Moxy Aberdeen Airport, UK—located at Aberdeen Dyce airport; Moxy London Royal Docks,- close to the ExCel Exhibition Areas and Canary Wharf; Moxy London Stratford, UK - next to Europe’s largest Shopping Center and adjacent to the Olympic Park; Moxy Oslo Exporama,– next to one of the largest exhibition grounds between Oslo and Oslo Airport; and, Moxy London Heathrow Airport,-located on Bath Road with quick access to Heathrow’s Terminals.

For more information please visit www. moxy-hotels.marriott.com

Zone 1 – Library/Plug in Zone 2 – The welcome Zone 3 – Beveridge + Food Zone 4 – Lounges

Example floor plan showing ‘Now Zones’ (image not representative of Bristol Moxy floor plan)

Public Consultation

PHASE ONE

PHASE TWO

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? The exhibition gives the opportunity to comment on the proposals at the pre-application stage of the planning process in accordance with Bristol City Council policy guidance.

If you have any comments please complete a feedback form provided.