{"id":85820,"date":"2020-11-25T12:44:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T12:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=85820"},"modified":"2020-11-25T12:44:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T12:44:03","slug":"travelodge-at-cobalt-business-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/travelodge-at-cobalt-business-park\/85820\/","title":{"rendered":"Esh Construction to build new Travelodge at Cobalt Business Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eshgroup.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Esh Construction<\/a> will build a \u00a33.6m 80-bed Travelodge at Cobalt Business Park in North Tyneside<\/h2>\n<p>The new hotel will be delivered on behalf of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.union-property.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Union Property Development Ltd<\/a> and will see the Cobalt 3.3 building transformed by Esh\u2019s commercial build division.<\/p>\n<p>Construction is expected to commence in the coming weeks on the development, which will see the existing two-storey office turned into 68 rooms, with an additional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/modular-construction-news\/light-steel-frame-manufacturers\/78483\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lightweight steel frame<\/a> extension constructed to create 12 rooms at the southern end of the building.<\/p>\n<p>A bar caf\u00e9 and reception will be located on the ground floor and the existing lift replaced to provide access to the upper storey.<\/p>\n<p>Esh has been appointed as the design and build contractor to deliver the project, working in partnership with the design team \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wakemorleyarchitects.com\/offline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wake Morley<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portlandconsulting.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portland Consulting Engineers<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyoob.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kyoob<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Accommodation for a rapidly growing area<\/h3>\n<p>Gary Dobson, divisional director at Esh Construction, said: \u201cWe are delighted to build on our relationship with Union Property with this latest award, having recently secured the \u00a310m Hexham Bunker retail development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scheme is a great addition to Esh\u2019s commercial build portfolio, with over \u00a380m of projects currently underway within the division. We look forward to bringing our expertise to this project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter Carruthers, consultant project director at Union Property, said: \u201cDespite the economic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/coronavirus-business-support\/73691\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">uncertainty brought about by Covid-19<\/a>, we are as committed as ever to delivering our development pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe building is currently underused and its conversion to a hotel will provide much needed additional hotel capacity to Cobalt Business Park and the wider area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is our third development for Travelodge, and we are particularly pleased to appoint Esh Construction to work with us once again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shakila Ahmed, Travelodge Spokeswoman, added: \u201cWe are very excited to be working with Union Property Development Ltd and Esh Group on the development of a Travelodge hotel at Cobalt Business Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe area is rapidly growing, however, there is a shortage of good quality, low-cost accommodation within the area and the new Travelodge is ideally situated for offering great value to visiting business and leisure travellers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Esh Construction will build a \u00a33.6m 80-bed Travelodge at Cobalt Business Park in North Tyneside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[13038,676,997,908,639],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-development","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-procurement"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Esh Construction to build new Travelodge at Cobalt Business Park<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Esh Construction will build a \u00a33.6m 80-bed Travelodge at Cobalt Business Park in North Tyneside\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/travelodge-at-cobalt-business-park\/85820\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Esh Construction to build new Travelodge at Cobalt Business Park\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Esh Construction will build a \u00a33.6m 80-bed Travelodge at Cobalt Business Park in North Tyneside\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/travelodge-at-cobalt-business-park\/85820\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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