Hyatt to build new luxury hotel in Battersea

Hyatt has confirmed plans to build a new 203-room luxury hotel on the south bank of the River Thames in central London.The firm has signed a deal with developer R&F UK for the new Park Hyatt London River Thames which is expected to open in 2022.It will be located within R&F UK’s Nine Elms development directly opposite Westminster.The Park Hyatt hotel will be part of a new series of developments by R&F UK, consisting of eighteen buildings, which will include 2,300 apartments, more than 120,000 square feet of commercial space and numerous shops and restaurants.Construction of the Nine Elms development is well under way and the schemes are expected to take shape over the next two years.R&F UK has assembled a world-leading design team for the development and new hotel, including Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) and Allies and Morrison, with landscape architects, Gillespies, leading on the Linear Park.