Kings Waterfront Tower — five-star hotel, operator not yet announced

A 70-storey, 727-foot tower unveiled in March 2026 for Liverpool's Kings Dock waterfront would pair a 212-room five-star hotel across its lower 23 floors with 563 luxury residences above, designed by SimpsonHaugh for developers Davos Property Developments and Beetham Davos. No hotel operator has been announced, demolition of the existing site was expected to begin in spring 2026, and a full planning application remained pending as of the most recent reporting found.

The place

The tower is planned for the Kings Dock waterfront in Liverpool, part of a wider £1 billion masterplan of up to ten buildings on the site. A caveat on naming: the Kings scheme's first building to secure planning consent, a separate 28-storey tower, is officially named 'No. 1 Kings' — press coverage of this taller, second tower has not settled on an official name for it, and some outlets have loosely applied Kings Dock branding across both buildings. Treat any name beyond 'the Kings scheme's second, hotel-bearing tower' as unconfirmed until the developer names it directly.

The concept

Unveiled in March 2026, the 70-storey design by architects SimpsonHaugh would rise to 727 feet, overtaking Beetham's own 2007-built West Tower (459 feet) as Liverpool's tallest building. The lower 23 floors would hold a 212-room five-star hotel, with 563 luxury residences above managed by the same hotel operator — a structure similar to a branded-residences model, though no brand has signed on. Beetham Davos chairman Hugh Frost described it as the scheme's 'signature building' and pointed to Liverpool's growing cruise trade (135 ship visits scheduled for the 2026 season, a figure expected to rise once a new cruise terminal and extended landing stage are complete) as a driver of demand for a genuinely five-star hotel product in the city. The tower forms part of a wider hybrid planning application expected to also include Grade A offices, an arts venue, shared workspace and food-and-beverage space, alongside a second, separate hotel within the same masterplan.

Dining & wellness

Publicised amenity plans include bars, restaurants, gymnasiums, banqueting and meeting facilities, and a rooftop terrace, though none of this has been built or confirmed by an operator.