Tuesday, 12 September 2006
Hotel planned for old courthouse
Plans are under way to turn one of Belfast's landmark buildings into a multi-million pound luxury hotel.
Crumlin Road courthouse has been out of use since 1998, but the present owner hopes to turn it into a 160-room hotel.
Thousands of republicans and loyalists were tried in the court during the Troubles.
The development of the building will cost £25m, create 200 full-time and part-time jobs and 300 jobs during construction.
Many of the listed building's original features will be kept including the two main courtrooms and an underground passage connecting the building to the former prison across the road.
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