(Finansavisen): Oslo City Council of running his own professional body and say yes to 283 new rooms at the Clarion Hotel Royal Christiania. Thus, the hotel the largest, Finance writes newspaper.
As the hotel originally was built was the largest in Scandinavia and was called Hotel Viking. Today it is managed by Petter Great Valley Nordic Choice Hotels. In December took Stordalen, in partnership with the Varner Group, also over the land.
The previous owner, DNB Life Insurance, worked for several years with plans for an expansion in cooperation with Nordic Choice Hotels. Planning and Building Authority in Oslo said the extension was too big, and released its own development proposals. Now the coalition council according Finansavisen concluded similar as the previous city council, and say yes to developers’ proposals.
– For all practical purposes, this is a brand new hotel, says Stordalen said.
the expansion of the hotel means that the decision to build a new wing of 16 floors and a conference room for at least 1,000 guests. The price tag, according to Finance newspaper estimated to be 1 billion and Stordalen envisages that the doors could open by 2020. When he and Varner bought the property however, he could not be sure of an approval.
– one is never sure of anything before it is adopted, says hotel king.
How long Clarion Hotel Royal Christiania can call itself the largest, according to the newspaper, however, uncertain. Just 150 meters away, at the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel which currently holds the title, it is hoped namely also on an extension.
– We’re working on it and have contact with the Planning and Building Services. We anticipate that this will be submitted to political consideration by mid-year, says CEO Lars Wenaas in Wenaasgruppen, which owns Plaza Finansavisen.
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