Andriy Stavnitser, co-owner of TIS Terminal Group, has announced his intention to rebuild the railway station hotel on the waterfront in Odesa that was damaged by the Russian attack.
“It was my hotel – Kempinski Odesa. I didn’t like this hotel (…) as much as all Odessans, so I dreamed of finally reconstructing it. I dreamed about it for a long time, invested millions of dollars, bought a share from private investors and, despite the war, closed the deal with the state. I have even selected several world-class urbanists and architects. Everything will happen. We will rebuild everything,” Stavnitser wrote on Facebook on Monday.
The businessman also found partners willing to jointly invest in the construction of the waterfront area.
As reported, on the night of September 25, the occupiers attacked Odesa region with drones and missiles. As a result, the Sea Port in Odesa suffered significant damage, and a fire broke out in the building of the non-functioning station hotel.
Earlier in 2021, plans were announced to open an international chain hotel on the site of the defunct hotel.
The four-star, 19-storey Odesa Hotel with a total area of 26.8 thousand square meters and 158 rooms was opened in 2001. It is located at the Odesa Sea Port on 6-a Primorskaya Street. The first operator of the hotel was the international hotel chain Kempinski Hotel Group.
In 2015, the Ukrainian government withdrew the hotel from the management of Premier Hotel Odesa LLC.
