New Radisson in Gdańsk

Rezydent, the owner of Sopot's Rezydent Hotel, has started reconstruction of the former Jantar Hotel and two other old buildings on ul. Długi Targ and ul. Powroźnicza in Gdańsk. The new hotel, which will be operated by Radisson SAS Hotels and Resorts, is scheduled to open in the second half of 2007.

Rezydent has pulled down most of the buildings and only left the facade on ul. Długi Targ, and parts of the old gothic building on ul. Powroźnicza. The missing parts will be replaced with stylish new walls.

"The hotel will be impressive," boasts Marek Ziembowicz from Hotel Rezydent Gdańsk. The building is located in the center of Gdańsk. It will be air-conditioned, will have some 130 rooms, a restaurant, a bar, a lobby and a luxurious apartment with a view onto ul. Długi Targ and the Old Town. The price of a standard room will be EUR 120-150 (zł.470-627).

The investment would have been completed long ago but for the extensive archaeological works on the location. Rezydent bought the buildings six years ago but could not start construction for three years in order to give archaeologists time to examine them.

Zbigniew Młodzianowski from Horus, the company which prepared the architectural plans, says the architects had to meet requirements for restoring antique buildings. "We're obliged to expose some of the walls. The underground parking walls will be part of the several-hundred-year-old substructures," says Młodzianowski.

The new hotel will be the fifth Radisson SAS hotel in Poland, after Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław and Szczecin.