103 new dwellings proposed instead of Forum Hotel

Twenty-five houses, 78 apartments, a number of office buildings, a supermarket and an underlying parking are being proposed on the site of the Forum Hotel in Swieqi by Gozitan entrepreneur Joseph Portelli.

The Forum Hotel has closed down some years ago, and the building has since been stripped internally and is currently vacant.

The proposed development will involve the total demolition of the existing building and all of its amenities, and the construction of a new residential and commercial development consisting of a number of blocks with a maximum height of three floors and  a semi-basement from the highest street level.

The entire footprint of the site will be excavated to provide for underground parking and garages. 25% of the site will have up to four levels of underground parking (under the office block on St Andrew's Road), 25% of the site will have up to three levels of underground parking (under the apartment block on St Andrew's Road), and the remaining 50% (under the residential units on Triq Gokondu and Triq L-Uqija) will have one level of underground parking.

The Scheme will be predominantly residential in nature, providing a main block of two or three bed roomed apartments on St Andrew's Road and Triq Gokondu c/w Triq L-Uqija, a block of three bed roomed terrace houses on Triq Gokondu and two blocks of houses with pools on Triq L-Uqija. The scheme will also incorporate a supermarket and an office block on the eastern façade along Triq l-Uqija, and an office block on St Andrew's Road.