The stripped down, pink shell of the former Forum Hotel in Swieqi may be rebuilt into a set of houses and apartments.

An application has been submitted to demolish the hotel and adjacent villa and build 25 houses, 78 apartments, offices, a supermarket and underground garages on the site.

The gutted, 142-room hotel and its three pools, tennis and squash courts and pool bar lie on a footprint of about 11,300 square metres.

The site will be redeveloped into a “high quality residential” project, according to a Project Development Statement report commissioned by the developer.

The plans are to construct a main block of two and three-bedroom apartments and blocks of houses, some with pools. They will have a maximum height of three storeys.

The project includes a supermarket and offices on the part of the property along Uqija Street. It is estimated the total built-up area will be of 27,000 square metres.

The site will also be excavated to create underground parking spaces and garages.

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