Plans unveiled for Southampton Ocean Village hotel

Harbour Hotels, owned by property investors Nicolas James Group, has five hotels along the South Coast.

Harbour Hotels have plans for a 70 bedroom 4/5* Hotel, fully featured Spa including gymnasium and swimming pool, restaurant and champagne roof terrace. The ground floor is proposed to include a large open plan, Lounge, Restaurant and Bar which all extend out onto a terrace at the end of the existing promontory. The hotel will also have a number of flexible function rooms.

Adjacent to the hotel, MDL and Harbour Hotels in joint venture are  looking to deliver a new retail and restaurant arcade affront the Marina. Harbour Hotels hope to bring Alex Aitken to the site to deliver another Jetty restaurant similar to that at the Christchurch Harbour Hotel in Dorset.

Nick Roach, Chairman of Harbour Hotels said "We are extremely pleased to be working with MDL on Ocean Village, a hotel on this site is a perfect fit for our portfolio and is an excellent compliment to the existing Marina. We have a lot to do, but are fully committed to deliver a landmark hotel, spa and dining destination to Southampton"

Eamonn Feeney, MD of MDL Marinas Group Plc, said "We are very excited about this joint venture with Harbour Hotels, which will deliver our long held aspiration for a high class hotel at Ocean Village. The development is being designed to compliment the adjacent Allied Development scheme and the proposed residential units coupled with a mix of bars and restaurants will create a vibrant place to live, work and enjoy time by the water. Ultimately we see Ocean Village, with its high quality marina, becoming the new waterfront destination for Southampton, to rival Gunwharf Quays."

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