A skyscraper in Sliema is set to be the tallest hotel on the island and architect Ray DeMicoli insists the building will become a reference point to a generally flat skyline.
The towering property, planned to form part of the Fort Cambridge complex in Tigné, will have 40 floors– roughly double the height of the Portomaso building in neighbouring St Julian’s.
Plans for the tower have raised concerns of traffic impact and overshadowing among Sliema residents who believe the building would attract more residents to the already crowded area.
Mr DeMicoli told Times of Malta he understood the concerns and was taking them into consideration.
The Tigné peninsula, which already includes the 17-storey-high Fortina Hotel (once the tallest building on the island), is one of the six localities where tall buildings can be developed, after the planning authority drafted a new tall buildings policy last year. The other five areas where such buildings can be erected are Gżira, Qawra, Paceville, Marsa and Mrieħel.
Read more in Times of Malta.