LONDON Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels and Ashwell Rogers recently arranged the long-term ground lease of a 6.5-acre site near Heathrow Airport to Whitbread Hotel Co. Whitbread plans to develop what will become the U.K. s largest budget hotel, a 614-room Travel Inn Capital.
Planning consent has been secured for the development of the property, which will include 250 parking spaces, a 24-hour restaurant, a Bureau de Change and meeting space. The company intends to open the hotel by summer 2002. (5/18/01)