The former Makis Anastasiades clinic, an emblematic 80s building in the centre of the capital (pictured above) has now turned into a boutique hotel, complete with 71 suites and luxury rooms, aptly named the Leonardo Boutique Hotel Venetian Nicosia, connecting the visitor to the city’s Mediaeval past.
The new establishment iss managed by Leonardo Hotels and Resorts, member of the Fattal Group, that is also building a second hotel just down the road, on central Makarios Avenue, the NYX.
The Group now investing in the capital’s historic nucleus, is well known across Cyprus, owning and managing a number of other resorts and relevant investments.
Clinic and former Laiki transformed
The transformation of the Anastasiades clinic is complete, while the former Laiki building has been demolished and a modern urban multi-storey facility is under construction, adding to the hotel units of a usually cramped downtown.
The former Anastasiades clinic was revamped by Cypriot businessmen Yiorgos Hadjiminas and Yiannos Kasoulides, who blended its unique architectural design into a multi-use complex, complete with restaurants, cafeterias, bars and a gym.
The former Laiki building (pictured below) project is on a significantly larger scale as a multi-storey hotel is being constructed in its place.
The NYX Hotel Nicosia will host 165 rooms as well as other facilities and entertainment infrastructures. It’s expected to open sometime in the next year.
Nicosia Mayor really happy with hotel development
Speaking to Philenews, Charalambos Prountzos said he was extremely pleased by the major hotel developments in the city centre, adding that additional investments should be expected in the area.
Prountzos cited the planned 18 storey housing complex on the plot on which the teacher’s cooperative stood, a building that had remained idle for a number of years.
The Nicosia Mayor also referred to an investment launched across from the old GSP football stadium, involving two buildings, a housing facility and an office block.
‘The total value of investments in the historic centre is now over half a billion euro’, he added.
This positive course, he stressed, this development mobility, is partly due to the motives provided by the Nicosia City Centre Plan, as well as an investment friendly municipal council and the prospects of the city itself.
