Burlington Hotel (Dublin)
| DoubleTree by Hilton Dublin – Burlington Road | |
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| File:Burlington Hotel Dublin 2008.jpg
The Burlington Hotel, pictured in 2008.
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 Location within Central Dublin
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| Hotel chain | DoubleTree |
| General information | |
| Address | Burlington Road Upper Leeson Street Dublin 2 |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Opening | 1972 |
| Owner | The Blackstone Group |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 501 |
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The Burlington Hotel, currently operated as DoubleTree by Hilton Dublin – Burlington Road, is a hotel in Dublin, Ireland. Opened in 1972 and nicknamed "the Burlo" by Dubliners,[1] it is the largest hotel in central Dublin,[2] and the second largest in County Dublin after the CityWest Hotel.
The hotel was purchased by property developer Bernard McNamara in 2007 for €288 million.[3] Following the post-2008 Irish economic downturn, Bank of Scotland (Ireland) took possession of the hotel from McNamara.[1] It was sold in 2007 to The Blackstone Group for €67 million, which made it Ireland's biggest property transaction since the start of the downturn.[1] It was redeveloped by Blackstone in 2013 as a location of its "DoubleTree by Hilton" brand.[4] A report by Bloomberg in May 2016 revealed that Blackstone planned to sell the building.[5]
The hotel's nightclub, Club Anabel, gained notoriety in 2000 when the death of Brian Murphy took place during a fight outside the premises.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/hint-of-market-confidence-as-burlington-hotel-sells-for-67m-28939901.html
- ↑ http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/burlington-opens-its-doors-under-new-name-29633247.html
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/aug/29/burlington-hotel-dublin-for-sale
- ↑ http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/burlington-opens-its-doors-under-new-name-29633247.html
- ↑ http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2016/0527/791504-blackstone-group-burlington/
