Christchurch
Carnmore Hotel Christchurch
New Zealand's first modular-built hotel, stacked into Christchurch's rebuilt CBD.
Open · October 2020
Opened in October 2020 as Cosa Hotel and later rebranded Carnmore Hotel Christchurch, this 88-room, five-storey property on Colombo Street was New Zealand's first hotel built from prefabricated modular units shipped in from Vietnam. It anchors the 4-star end of the rebuilt CBD, a short walk from the Te Pae convention centre.
The essentials
- Group
- Carnmore Hotels NZ
- Opening
- October 2020
- Rooms & suites
- 88 rooms
- Segment
- Upscale
- Designer
- NC
- Entry rate
- From NZD 180
The place
On Colombo Street in Christchurch Central, about 300 metres from the Te Pae convention centre, in the heart of the rebuilt post-earthquake CBD.
The concept
Opened in October 2020 under the name Cosa Hotel (later rebranded Carnmore Hotel Christchurch), this five-storey, 88-room property was New Zealand's first locally designed modular-built hotel. Prefabricated, steel-framed room modules (complete with tiling, fittings and bathrooms) were built in Vietnam by TLC Modular and craned into place above ground-floor common areas, with wiring, plumbing and finishing completed on site in Christchurch. The build ran roughly two years behind its original schedule, but it delivered a genuinely new hotel building rather than a converted one, positioned squarely in the city's 4-star market.
A distinctive mural by a local artist greets guests in the entrance foyer, and the modular approach kept the room count and layout consistent across all five floors: 22-square-metre rooms with double-showerhead bathrooms, in-room safes and Sky TV.
Dining & wellness
The hotel has an all-day café, a licensed bar/restaurant on the ground floor, and a conference venue for 10 to 50 people. Further dining specifics beyond the café and bar are not independently confirmed.
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