Citadel Hotel closing, new hotel being built for fall 2013
Posted Jun 9, 2011 12:49:09 PM.
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A long standing hotel in Halifax’s downtown core will be closing in the New Year. Owners of the Citadel Hotel confirm to News 95.7 that the Citadel will be shut down in January 2012.
Siverbirch Hotels and Resorts President and CEO Stephen Giblin says the building needs dramatic and extensive renovations.
“To do that and accomplish what we want in the hotel with the renovation, we feel the only way to do it the right way would be to close the hotel,” he says. “So, we’re saddened to have to close the hotel but we’re worried about safety and disruption and dissatisfied guests. So, it’s best to close the hotel and re-work the entire site actually.”
A new hotel on the same site should be up and running by fall 2013.
“It’ll be a whole new hotel,” Giblin says. “We want to really make use of all the real estate there so we can give downtown Halifax a beautiful new building.”
Giblin can’t confirm yet whether the new hotel will be named the Citadel, but he says talks are underway with Hilton and Marriott for rebranding.
Employees of the Citadel Hotel were informed two weeks ago that they will be losing their jobs in January.
The hotel was built in 1963 as the Citadel Inn.
