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.