161-room hotel to open in Bankside

A 161-room hotel will open in London’s SE1 in September 2018 as part of the One Blackfriars development.

Called Bankside, the ‘design-forward’ hotel is a joint venture between Amerimar Enterprises and Realstar.

It will be managed by Amerimar Enterprises, whose portfolio also includes the St. Ermin’s Hotel in London’s St. James’s Park and the 418-room Washington Marriott.

Bankside, in a six-storey glass building, will have ‘white cube’ spaces for meetings and events, co-working areas and a relaxed neighbourhood-style restaurant and bar with an outdoor terrace.

"We wanted to create a genuine boutique hotel for the modern mindset, with calm rooms and creative public spaces that reflect the vibrant, history-steeped community of SE1," said Dayna Lee Powerstrip Studios, a film set producer-turned-interiors architect who will design the hotel’s interiors.

"We’ve had fun celebrating the local artistic community including post-kiln pottery drying racks for shelves, kid-leather-covered furnishings conjuring an ‘art school’ experience and punctuating these with lots of luxurious, custom-made features."