Overview

• Lambeth Council’s planning committee voted unanimously on July 29 to approve Whitbread’s proposal to turn Phoenix House in Vauxhall into a 180-room Premier Inn hotel.
• The conversion preserves the building’s exterior while redesigning its interior to include Premier Plus rooms and a mezzanine-level restaurant.
• The redevelopment is set for a 2027 opening and is expected to generate 27 permanent hospitality jobs.
• Whitbread signed a February agreement to occupy the 7,469 sqm site, with JLL advising on planning and the council retaining the long-term head lease.
• This scheme advances Whitbread’s wider strategy to repurpose surplus office space and accelerate growth towards a 125,000-room network in the UK and Ireland.