One of the highlights of Hawkes Bay in Napier, New Zealand, is on the market as a freehold going concern.

The County Hotel is arguably North Island city's most iconic and well-known boutique 5-star accommodation providers and eateries, comprising 18 beautiful appointed and spacious guest rooms and one alfresco dining options together with charismatic Churchill Bar & Basement Cellar, offering a wonderful space for events and functions.

Originally constructed in 1908/9 for the Hawke’s Bay Municipal Offices, this building is the only remaining example of a Victorian-Edwardian classical style architecture in Napier, surviving the 1931 Napier earthquake that impacted most of the buildings of that era.

At a glance: 

• The County Hotel in Napier, New Zealand is for sale as a freehold going concern.
• The property comprises 18 beautiful appointed and spacious guest rooms and one alfresco dining options together with charismatic Churchill Bar & Basement Cellar, offering a wonderful space for events and functions.
• The property is being marketed for sale by Wayne Keene and Brent Hannah of Bayleys Hotels, Tourism and Leisure.

This three-story building remained the location of the Hawke’s Bay County Council for almost 80 years until it was comprehensively restored and repurposed into its current use as a hotel in 1993.

The current owners purchased the property in 2002 and then undertook a significant refurbishment/expansion of the Hotel, making this one of the first Qualmark rated 5-star boutique lodging facilities in New Zealand and the only five star rated hotel between Auckland and Wellington outside of the CBD at the time.

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Source: The County Hotel

The hotel occupies a corner site in the heart of the city’s Art Deco quarter at the northern end of the Napier CBD and features original Edwardian Gothic features along with Art Deco influences that have been preserved including high ceilings, wood paneling, and intricate detailing

The property is being marketed by Wayne Keene and Brent Hannah of Bayleys Hotels, Tourism and Leisure.

Mr Keene said highly profitable and established nature of the business was a redeeming feature of this asset.

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Source: The County Hotel

"The hotel has a well-established and loyal customer base which produces a robust revenue stream via its well-patronised accommodation restaurant and event facilities," he said.

"This landmark hotel is ideally suited to continue trading as an independently owned and operated freehold going concern hotel or alternatively as the new owner could look to unlock additional value by leasing the accommodation and/or restaurant and holding as a passive investment.

"Together with strengthening trading metrics within the wider Hawke’s Bay tourism and leisure market, the Hotel is forecast to continue experiencing robust trading conditions into the foreseeable future."

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