The renovation work to turn a London hotel into a Marriott Edition is back on track after two years of inaction.
U.K. trade publication Construction Enquirer reported on Tuesday that two years after stopping work due to a fiscal dispute with the property’s previous owner JJW Hotels & Resorts, Shepherd Construction has won a £33 million (US$52 million) contract to convert the former Berners Hotel, located in London’s Fitzrovia neighborhood, into a Marriott Edition to open in 2013.
The Edition brand has had a rocky start with only two Edition-branded hotels opened so far in Istanbul and Honolulu, and the Honolulu hotel has since rebranded amid legal acrimony between the hotel’s owner and Marriott. However since then Marriott International Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, announced it would commit US$800 million to develop the Edition brand, an atypical move for the company that is primarily focused on managing hotels. The lifestyle brand was created with famed hotelier Ian Schrager.