Irish property developer Johnny Ronan has announced plans to build four new hotels in Dublin and the surrounding area, including an ambitious 70-room boutique hotel at the site of the iconic Bewley’s Building on the capital’s Grafton Street in a reported £163 million investment.Ronan has also submitted plans to build a 167-bedroom, four-star hotel named Aquavetro in the upcoming 22-storey waterfront tower project.
Shane Whelan, development director for Ronan Group, told the Sunday Irish Independent that “the focus on delivering hotels is to satisfy the strong demand generated by record tourism numbers, a recovering economy and restricted hotel capacity”.
As part of other projects, Ronan will develop The Enniskerry Park Hotel, a 200-bed hotel in Enniskerry, neighbouring the former Ritz-Carlton Hotel and the development of a site in the village of Delgany, Co Wicklow.
