1980s Office Block Overlooking Edinburgh Square to Be Turned Into City’s 15th Premier Inn Hotel

Former Edinburgh office to be transformed into new 195-bedroom hotel

A FORMER office in Edinburgh is set to be transformed into a new budget hotel.

1980s office block overlooking Edinburgh square to be turned into city’s 15th Premier Inn hotel

“It is a sensational location for a budget hotel given its proximity to iconic tourist destinations like Edinburgh Castle, a host of theatres and concert venues” – Jill Anderson, Whitbread

Whitbread gets the go ahead for Edinburgh’s Capital House hotel

Former office on Festival Square will be converted into 195-bedroom Premier Inn Whitbread PLC, the owner of the Premier Inn hotel chain, has received confirmation from The City of Edinburgh Council that it has granted planning permission for the conversion of Capital House in the centre of Edinburgh into a 195-bedroom Premier Inn.  Whitbread will invest £21 million in the conversion and rear extension of the 65,350 sq ft vacant office building i…

£21m Festival Square hotel gets the go-ahead : December 2025 : News : Architecture in profile the building environment in Scotland

Moves to convert a 1980s Edinburgh office block into a 195-bedroom Premier Inn hotel have won planning consent. The £21m Whitbread development at Capital House on Festival Square will see the vacant 65,350 sq ft Lothian Road property extended by LMA by infilling a central courtyard. Jill Anderson, acquisitions manager for Scotland at Whitbread, said:  “It is a...

Whitbread gets green light to convert Capital House into 195-bed Premier Inn

Image courtesy of LMA WHITBREAD PLC has received confirmation from The City of Edinburgh Council that it has granted planning permission for the conversion of Capital House in the city centre into a 195-bedroom Premier Inn. Whitbread will invest £21 million in the conversion and rear extension of the 65,350 sq ft vacant office building into a latest format Premier Inn hotel with a ground floor restaurant and bar. Whitbread acquired Edinburgh Cap…