Northern Ireland's first low carbon aparthotel on the market for £21.2million and set to gain 'significant attention'

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Belfast’s first low carbon aparthotel, room2, is up for sale with a guide price of £21.2 million, CBRE NI has announced.  CBRE NI revealed that the firm was bringing the city centre asset to the market at its annual commercial property Outlook event at ICC Belfast, which again was attended by over 500 guests.  Having enjoyed a high-profile opening in October 2023, room2 features 175 rooms, four state-of-the-art collaborative event spaces, and a stylish restaurant and bar. The nine-storey hotel runs on 100% electric and low-carbon renewable energy, making it one of the greenest aparthotels in Northern Europe.  Designed to be ‘a place to live, not just stay’, room2 reflects a commitment to sustainability and comfort, with many of its amenities adhering to a circular economy model, embodying the core ethos of ‘people and planet.’

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00:00Hi I'm Robert Godwin, I'm the CEO of Lambton Group. At Room 2 we're building some of the UK's

00:08most sustainable urban hotels. We're not just passionate about hospitality but also about

00:13leading the movement to protect our planet. Join me as I take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of

00:17Room 2 Belfast. Room 2 Belfast is Northern Ireland's first hotel. Hotels are flexible

00:22living spaces without the hotel rulebook. They combine the comfort and the flexibility of their

00:27own home with the best bits of the hotel. With 175 bedrooms, four collaborative event spaces,

00:32a trendy Winnie's cafe and bar, a tea room, art gallery and a welcoming lobby. Room 2 is

00:37award-winning, B Corp certified, Green Tourism gold rated and sitting at number one on TripAdvisor.

00:42From the very start every part of our design and operation minimises waste and maximises

00:47efficiencies. The building runs on 100% electric renewable energy. By combining efficiency-seeking

00:52hard and software technologies with nature-based carbon offsetting, we're an operationally carbon

00:57neutral business. We're fully committed to a circular economy too. We do this by avoiding,

01:02reducing and recirculating our waste streams. In our Winnie's cafe we offer locally sourced and

01:07organic food with over 50% of the items on the menu being vegetarian or vegan. We use low VOC

01:13paints for the walls and we have plant-based toxic-free cleaning products for the rest of the

01:17hotel. We use upcycled furniture, recycled materials, long-lasting fixtures and we join

01:23forces with suppliers and partners who think the same way as us. You can see these around all of

01:27our hotels from our welcome desk made from old shampoo bottles to lampshades made with orange

01:32peel and tiles made from waste glass. These are carpets which are all made of recycled fishing nets

01:37and biophilia is a really big part of the internal space here. Biophilia brings a lot of environmental

01:42and social benefits, cleans the air, it looks beautiful, really enhances the mood. So this is

01:47one of our suites. Health and well-being is one of our three core sustainability pillars and there's

01:51lots of ways in this room that we deliver that. We're very focused on using natural materials

01:55with almost no plastic in sight. We've got live edge tables, rope lampshades and we use local

01:59linen suppliers to do our fabrics. We have kitchens as part of the hotel offer and that enables guests

02:04to cook their own healthy meals. We have the option to fill up your own milk bottle downstairs

02:07whatever type of milk that you want. So recycling across the building is a given. So we designed and

02:11actually manufactured our own bins so we could separate mixed recycling from food waste and

02:14general waste. We also have a zero waste to landfill policy which ensures that we reuse and recycle

02:19our waste before it's taken to generate electricity and at the heart of well-being is just getting a

02:24good night's sleep. So we offer all of our guests the choice between a soft and firm mattress before

02:28they arrive. Room 2 Belfast celebrates the very best of local creative talent. We use bespoke art

02:33throughout the guest journey that forges a connection to the city. At room 2 we make it effortless for

02:38solo travellers, families and business guests to make a positive impact on the environment without

02:42sacrificing comfort. At our core we believe in a sustainable future and we know our guests do too.

02:47We believe that the future of hospitality is responsible hospitality so join us on our

02:52journey as we make a difference one stay at a time.

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