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Australia: Watpac Construction has been chosen as contractor for the conversion of Adelaide’s heritage-listed Colonial Mutual Life building into a boutique hotel.
Renamed The Mayfair Hotel, the AUS$35 million project, designed by JPE Design Studio and Bates Smart, will feature a lightweight steel and glass “jewel box” on its southern side.
The 1930s building will have 170 suites, a bar and restaurant, retail space and an executive lounge with connected outdoor terrace on the upper floor.
Watpac state manager Tim Tape said: “We’re delighted to be selected as the preferred head contractor to deliver such a fabulous project and to help contribute to Adelaide’s inner-city precinct.”
Hotel owner and operator, Adabco Properties, also runs the Adabco Boutique Hotel on Adelaide’s Wakefield St. Work on The Mayfair Hotel will start in September.
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