FEBC acted as Ian Schrager Hotels Client’s representative in the UK, performing Project and Cost Management services as well as their financial accounting including liaison with the consortium of funding banks.

The project consisted of the conversion of a grade 2 listed former furniture showroom into a 153 bedroom luxury hotel. 

This included the private Purple Bar.

The bathrooms all had glass walls to give the bedrooms the feeling of greater space. The hotel also included a luxurious spa and health facility, gymnasium, conference facilities, a restaurant (Spoon +) and two bars (The Long Bar & the Purple Bar).

The listed building features had to be incorporated into the new design and approvals obtained from English Heritage.