London, England
Maldron Hotel Kensington
Dalata's seventh London hotel: a 371-room, four-star Maldron on Hammersmith Road beside Olympia, with planning approval granted in July 2026 and opening set for 2029.
Announced · 2029
Maldron Hotel Kensington is a four-star hotel planned on Hammersmith Road, next to Olympia London. It will have 371 rooms and is due to open in 2029. Dalata Hotel Group announced the lease on 12 March 2026. The scheme, which converts and extends Liberty House, received planning approval in July.
The essentials
- Group
- Dalata Hotel Group (Maldron)
- Opening
- 2029
- Rooms & suites
- 371 rooms
- Segment
- Upscale
- Designer
- NC
- Entry rate
- NC
The place
Hammersmith Road, on the Kensington side of Olympia London, within a five-minute walk of the exhibition centre. The £1.3 billion redevelopment of Olympia adds 550,000 square feet of offices, more than 20 food and drink outlets, a 1,575-seat theatre and a 3,800-capacity entertainment venue, and the owners expect over 12 million visitors a year.
Several Underground stations are within walking distance, on the Piccadilly, District, Circle and Hammersmith & City lines, along with the London Overground.
The concept
The site is Liberty House, a 1980s office building of about 90,000 square feet. MRP, the development arm of the Northern Irish contractor McAleer & Rushe, bought it in June 2023. Dalata announced on 12 March 2026 that it had agreed a lease for a four-star Maldron there, the conversion and extension of a vacant office building. Hammersmith & Fulham's planning committee approved the scheme unanimously, as reported on 13 July 2026: a £250 million project combining the hotel with 110,000 square feet of grade A offices.
McAleer & Rushe's contracting arm is due to start work in early 2027, with completion expected in 2029. The building is designed to be all-electric, with heat pumps, and targets BREEAM Excellent. Dalata lists a restaurant, a bar, a dry gym and a large business centre. The planning coverage calls the hotel Maldron London Olympia, while Dalata's own announcement uses Maldron Kensington. The room count is given as about 370 by Dalata and 371 in the planning report.
Dining & wellness
Dalata announces a restaurant and a bar, with no operator, menu or chef. The group's dry gym and business centre are part of the plan; a spa or pool is not.
News
July 13, 2026: The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham planning committee unanimously approved MRP's £250 million redevelopment of Liberty House, in Kensington Olympia. The scheme combines 110,000 square feet of grade A offices with a 371-bedroom Maldron hotel pre-let to Dalata. Construction is due to begin in early 2027 and complete in 2029.
March 12, 2026: Dalata Hotel Group announced that it had agreed a lease for a four-star Maldron on Hammersmith Road, next to Olympia London, its seventh hotel in the capital. The roughly 370-room hotel is a conversion and extension of a vacant office building, developed with McAleer & Rushe Property, and is scheduled to open in 2029 subject to planning approval. It will have a restaurant, a bar, a dry gym and a business centre, and Dalata will hold more than 1,400 rooms in London.
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