Palace Hotel & Casino to occupy two of three floors featuring a sports bar and conference and events area
Altostratus Limited has put forward proposals for a three-storey entertainment centre, car park and offices at the Middlemarch site with plans for a new casino complex on the Isle of Man, described as one of the biggest developments in the capital city, Douglas, for decades.
The firm said it had agreed to buy the land if planning approval is granted. According to local reports., John Bell, from project designers ADG Architects, said the Palace Hotel & Casino would be the site’s main tenant, adding that the new entertainment complex, “would help link the growing leisure offering on the North Quay with the well-established shopping and business districts”.
Altostratus’s plan would see offices and a 250-space car park built, along with a three-storey leisure and entertainment complex.in the one-acre Middlemarch site, which is currently a temporary car park.
If planning approval is granted, the Palace Hotel & Casino will look to move its gambling operation away from its current home on Douglas Promenade and into the new venue, chief executive Brett Martin said. “The casino would occupy two of the three floors, and also feature a sports bar, conference rooms and events areas in keeping with “all the stuff that goes with a modern casino”.
