It is Russells’ second contract for hotel chain Motel One in the city following a previous project in Manchester Piccadilly.
The latest contract is for a site in Cross Street that Motel One has acquired. Russells will demolish the empty office block but retain its stone façade.
Work on the seven-storey, 298-bedroom hotel is scheduled to start in March 2015 and be completed in 2017.
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