Travelodge to open 85th London Hotel - Barnes Construction

Barnes Construction has commenced work on site to transform a vacant office building into a 151-room Travelodge in London Stratford.

Planning permission was granted in April to transform Gredley House, a vacant office building at 1-11 Broadway, which will be Travelodge’s closest hotel to Stratford Station, offering National Rail, Underground and DLR connections. Travelodge has agreed a 25-year lease term with the building’s owner, Unex Group, which has been a long-term investor in the area for more than 50 years. 

The new hotel will be built to BREEAM Excellent standard and will feature the group’s new premium look and feel design, as well as its new bar café – offering a relaxing and modern space for guests to eat and drink.

This will be Travelodge’s 85th hotel in London and follows on from Barnes Construction’s successful delivery of the London Wimbledon Central Travelodge in 2022 and its ongoing work in London Chiswick. With a partnership spanning over 32 years, to-date Barnes has completed 47 projects and delivered more than 3,800 hotel rooms for Travelodge across London and the Southeast.

Tony O’Brien, UK development director at Travelodge, said: 

“We have great experience of converting existing office space into Travelodge hotels and are looking forward to working with Unex to bring this former office building back to life.