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Development

Mixed-use is now the default for urban schemes

Single-use hotel development is becoming rare in city centres, driven by land economics.

Land values in urban cores require a second revenue stream to clear the hurdle rate, so the hotel is increasingly one component of a wider scheme. That shifts the development risk from the hotel operator to the developer.

It also changes who gets to specify the hotel.

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