The Clayton Hotel Burlington Road is a hotel in Dublin, Ireland. It is the largest hotel in central Dublin,[3] and the second largest in County Dublin after the Citywest Hotel.
| Clayton Hotel Burlington Road | |
|---|---|
 Clayton Hotel Burlington Road in 2008. | |
  Location within Central Dublin | |
| Former names | Burlington Hotel, DoubleTree by Hilton Dublin – Burlington Road |
| Hotel chain | Clayton Hotels |
| General information | |
| Classification |  [1] |
| Address | Burlington Road Upper Leeson Street Dublin 2 |
| Coordinates | 53°19′50″N 6°14′55″W / 53.3305869°N 6.2486434°W |
| Current tenants | Dalata Hotel Group[1] |
| Opening | 1972 |
| Renovated | 2014 |
| Owner | DekaBank[2] |
| Design and construction | |
| Developer | P.V. Doyle |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 502[1] |
| Number of suites | 2[1] |
| Number of restaurants | 1[1] |
| Website | |
| www | |
History
editThe hotel was developed on the site of what was formerly the grounds of Wesley College Dublin and included the Victorian houses - Burlington House, Tullamaine Villa and Embury House (formerly Burleigh House). It also encompassed the site of Mespil House, a large notable Georgian house which was demolished in the 1950s.[4][5]
Completed in 1972 by PV Doyle initially as part of Doyle Hotels and named the Burlington Hotel and nicknamed "the Burlo" by Dubliners,[6] the hotel was purchased by property developer Bernard McNamara in 2007 for €288 million.[7][8]
Following the post-2008 Irish economic downturn, Bank of Scotland (Ireland) took possession of the hotel from McNamara.[6] It was sold in 2012 to The Blackstone Group for €67 million, in what was Ireland's biggest property transaction since the start of the downturn.[6] The DoubleTree chain assumed management in 2013, and the hotel was rebranded as DoubleTree by Hilton Dublin – Burlington Road.[3] In 2016, Blackstone sold the hotel to the German investment bank DekaBank, and a 25-year lease to operate the hotel was granted to the Dalata Hotel Group, which rebranded it within their Clayton Hotels brand as Clayton Hotel Burlington Road in November 2016.[9][1][2]
The hotel's former nightclub, Club Anabel, gained notoriety in 2000 when the death of Brian Murphy took place during a fight outside the premises.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Dalata Hotel Group to run former Burlington Hotel". Irish Examiner. 1 October 2016. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ a b "German company DekaBank secures former Burlington Hotel". The Irish Times. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Burlington opens its doors under new name". independent.ie. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "Mespil Revisited". The Stinging Fly. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ "Mespil House". The Irish Aesthete. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ a b c Molloy, Thomas (26 November 2012). "Hint of market confidence as Burlington Hotel sells for €67m". independent.ie. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "Burlington on sale for quarter of boom's €288m price tag". irish examiner. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Kollewe, Julia (29 August 2012). "Burlington Hotel in Dublin for sale at quarter of 2007 price". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "Dalata to manage former Burlington hotel under Clayton brand". RTÉ. 6 December 2015. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2020.