Battersea Power Station Development Company has signed a management agreement with hotel operator art’otel for the Battersea Power Station development, SW8.
The hotel will be developed by Battersea Power Station and managed by PPHE Hotel Group, owner of the art’otel brand.
It will be a 160-bedroom luxury lifestyle hotel and is due to open in 2019 in a building designed by Foster + Partners.
PPHE Hotel Group operates most of its 38 hotels under two distinct brands, Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts and art’otel. This will be the first art’otel to be opened in London.
Art’otel will be an integral part of Phase 3 of the £8bn development.
Phase 3 will comprise more than 1,300 homes, a new pedestrian high street with shops and restaurants known as Electric Boulevard; a new public park and community hub known as The Prospect as well as a new Battersea Power Station Underground station.
Rob Tincknell, chief executive of Battersea Power Station Development Company, said: “The selection process to find the right brand and operator was a very competitive and thorough one, involving the leading hotel brands from around the world. Art’otel was a standout winner, a brand unlike anything we have seen in London to date.”
Boris Ivesha, president and chief executive of PPHE Hotel Group, added: “The Battersea Power Station Development will transform London’s skyline; creating a new destination and hub for local communities, visitors and residents.”
