St Helier office block could become 89-room hotel

Plans have been submitted to convert an office block in St Helier into an 89-room hotel.

The changes to Union House would see four additional floors added to the smaller tower as well as a restaurant, reception and "a complete redesign of the external facade".

Designers said parts of the building were in a "poor state" and this development would "modernise" it, whilst also providing "much needed hotel accommodation in a central town location".

The building had previously received planning permission to be turned into apartments, and that approval is still live.

In their pitch to planners, the applicants described Union House as being "in poor condition", with little prospect of future use as an office.

If approved, the application would see the eight floors of office space turned into hotel rooms, while the smaller north tower would be extended by four floors to add more hotel accommodation.

The plans include no increase to the existing footprint of the building, with the ground floor set to house a restaurant, bar and reception area.

The outside of the building would see a "complete redesign" with existing cladding removed.

The applicants described the project as a "very sustainable development".

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