Hotel Brooklyn is set to open its second hotel in the UK, in Leicester in summer 2022, following the launch of its Manchester site in February.
The 191-room hotel will be located beside the expanded Welford Road Stadium, home to the Leicester Tigers rugby team.
The property will be designed by Squid Inc, the team behind the Hotel Gotham and Hotel Brooklyn, Manchester. Inclusive design of the hotel will be driven by Motionspot, the accessible design company, positioning itself as Leicester’s most accessible hotel.
Public spaces, including the reception, restaurant, bars, lifts and communal loos, will also entail an accessible design element.
Oliver Redfern, lead interior designer, Squid Inc, said: “This hotel has a very unique neighbour in the form of ‘Leicester Tigers’ rugby club and will most definitely add a little extra inspiration into the design. Architectural features, such as the striking central atrium stretching over five floors, will allow us to take the Brooklyn ethos – a palpable anti-slick, anti-corporate sensibility - to a whole new level. This hotel will be irresistibly familiar: a place where outsiders become insiders, and a destination of true hospitality.”
“We are thrilled to have secured this fantastic site in Leicester – right next door to the Welford Road Stadium”, added Robin Sheppard, Chairman, Bespoke Hotels. “Being built by our trusted partners Marshall CDP, with whom we have worked several times before, we believe Hotel Brooklyn is a perfect fit for Leicester. It will bring a destination hotel into the heart of the city, attract a new audience of customers and, we hope, become a business of which the city will be truly proud’.