FIRST LOOK: Chermside to make room for chic 8-storey suburban hotel

In what would be the first of its kind in the north Brisbane suburb, the development plans to offer 174 hotel suites with proximity to the hospital.

A major brand has plans to tear down three houses to construct a chic 173 room hotel in Chermside, according to a development application lodged with the Brisbane City Council this week.

The design by Cottee Parker for the proposed development in Chermside.

The proposal put forward by the planners at Mewing Planning Consultants is ideally situated at 523 Hamilton Rd for visitors, outpatients and medical professionals seeking proximity to the adjacent Prince Charles Hospital, which recently received $3 million of state government funding to expand its patient capacity.

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Building plans included in the development application for a new hotel in Chermside.

The eight-storey building would be the first short-term accommodation provider to offer hotel suites, rather than self-contained apartments, to those seeking to stay in Chermside.

“There is a need for the development,” said the planners, contracted on behalf of Kedron Barr Pty Ltd.

The proposed hotel is eight storeys high and offers the suburb's first suite accommodation for guests seeking to visit the nearby hospital, schools or retirement villages.

“There are very few short-term accommodation options within Brisbane outside of the inner city area and airport.

“It presents the opportunity to broaden the short-term offering in proximity to … (many) other services (such as) the nearby Wheller Gardens Retirement Village and schools.”

Architects at Cottee Parker, also responsible for major Brisbane projects such as the Breakfast Creek lifestyle precinct, headed up the design.

The proposed location for Chermside's first short term hotel accommodation.

A number of facilities are featured in the development plans, including a cafe, function spaces, pool, gym, a lush rooftop recreation space and a manager’s office.

Large subtropical trees, screen planting, green walls and ground cover will take up over 400m2 of the 1950m2 site.

The proposal has yet to be approved by the Brisbane City Council.