Landmark city hotel sold to international group at a premium

'‹THE LEOPOLD Hotel in Sheffield has been sold by '‹j'‹oint '‹r'‹eceivers at Deloitte to an international hotel management company at a substantial premium to the £4m guide price.

Global property advisers Colliers International and Bilfinger GVA acted jointly for the ​sellers.

​​The hotel started life in 1800 as a boys grammar school and reflects its past with tales of schoolboy antics on its walls.​

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​​The ​​four-star venue in Sheffield city centre looks rather different on the inside these days but has retained several original features, including a coat rack.

The hotel, which is located off Leopold Street, has 89 en suite rooms, a bar, restaurant and fitness suite, in addition to conferencing and wedding facilities.​

Julian Troup, ​h​ead of UK ​h​otels ​a​gency at Colliers International, said: “This deal represents an unrivalled opportunity to own Sheffield’s only four-star boutique hotel.

​“​The property is ideally located in the ​c​ity ​c​entre just half a mile from the train station and in close proximity to the town hall and the Peace and Winter ​Gardens, which form the centrepiece of the urban regeneration of Sheffield.”

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Adrian Berry​,​ ​j​oint ​r​eceiver, added​: “T​here was a significant level of interest in the hotel and we are delighted to confirm completion of the sale which protects the jobs of 70 employees.

“We wish both the purchaser and the employees well in the hotel’s next chapter.”

​O​riginally the Central Technical School for boys, the hotel was sympathetically restored and converted into a four-star boutique hotel in 2007.

The hotel attracts business from Sheffield’s corporate market, together with tourist and function related business.

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