Whitbread fast-tracks Vauxhall office conversion

Phoenix House in Vauxhall [Photo from Whitbread plc]Construction work has begun to convert Phoenix House in Vauxhall, London into a 180-bedroom Premier Inn hotel – just eight months after parent company Whitbread agreed terms on a lease for the site.The high-profile location opposite Vauxhall underground station was acquired by Whitbread as part of its London expansion programme for Premier Inn.In an innovative arrangement, Whitbread agreed to lease the 10-storey 7,469 sqm former office building from Lambet ...