THE former Hampshire Hotel will not be redeveloped until 2027 at the earliest – six years after it closed.
A spokesperson for site owner Andium Homes explained that the Val Plaisant building is in the firm’s”future development pipeline” and “could be brought forward for development” in 2027 or 2028.
The building will have been sitting empty for at least six years by that point.
Following the the Hampshire Hotel’s closure in 2021, the site was initially purchased by learning disability charity Les Amis, which planned to transform the former hotel into a specialist residential facility for Islanders with disabilities.
But the £3.3 million deal fell through in March 2024 after the government withdrew its support for the redevelopment, deeming the site “too large” for the Island’s needs.
Les Amis then handed over the Hampshire Hotel site to Andium Homes, swapping the building for a block of 13 new flats at The Limes.
Andium chief regeneration and sustainability officer Jonathan Gough explained that the company is balancing future delivery with “specific demand” on its ‘Affordable Housing Gateway’ and the ‘Assisted Purchase Pathway’ schemes.
Mr Gough added that any redevelopment of the Hampshire Hotel would have to adhere to recent policy changes agreed by the States Assembly, which require every new home built in St Helier to come with at least one parking space.
It is not yet clear how the site would be redeveloped or how many homes it could accommodate.
