Palace Hotel Torquay Sold to Singapore Fragrance Group
Date: August 2017
Location: Torquay, Devon, UK
Name: Palace Hotel – four star
No. of Keys: 141
Seller: Torquay Place Ltd
Buyer: Fragrance Group, an investment holding company which operates as a property developer in Singapore and Australia. It develops, deals, and trades in properties. The company’s development projects include residential, commercial, hotel, and industrial properties. It also runs hotel operations. This is their second hotel in Torquay, with a third acquired in December 2017
Price: £10m, freehold 20 acres of grounds and planning consent for 137 flats. Conference facilities for 1000 pax. 9 hole par 3 golf course. Indoor & outdoor swimming pools.
Price per Key: £70,922
THPT Comment: Glad to see that Fragrance will keep the property as a hotel and NOT redevelop as residential…Lots of movement at the top end in Torquay – the Palace’s neighbour hotel (The Imperial) was also sold in 2016.
First Seen: Savills website