{"id":233631,"date":"2019-04-23T17:45:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T07:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=233631"},"modified":"2020-07-21T13:24:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T03:24:58","slug":"council-approves-motel-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/04\/23\/council-approves-motel-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Approves Motel Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Room Motels complex in Kingaroy has been given Council approval to expand from 36 to 56 units, the motel’s second expansion since it opened in 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 23, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kingaroy’s Room Motels in Youngman Street has been given approval for its second expansion in seven years.<\/p>\n

The motel is owned by a Brisbane-based company who chose the South Burnett to pioneer a new way of building motels from prefabricated components when they opened in 2012.<\/p>\n

At last week’s South Burnett Regional Council meeting, Councillors approved an application to increase the size of the motel from 36 to 56 units.<\/p>\n

The extra 20 units will be built on an adjoining block at 74 Youngman Street on the northern side of the existing complex.<\/p>\n

Construction is expected to begin before the end of this year.<\/p>\n

The latest approval follows an earlier expansion in 2015, when the motel added eight units to the original 28.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new units will be of similar design to the motel’s existing units and assembled from prefabricated components – a method of construction the company pioneered to slash traditional motel building costs.<\/p>\n

Since Room Motels opened its first motel in Kingaroy, the company has also opened a second motel in Gatton after building, then selling, the Meridian Motel in Moura.<\/p>\n

The company is also believed to be examining the feasibility of building a third motel in Gympie.<\/p>\n

Room Motels’ Kingaroy complex has proven popular with the business traveller market.<\/p>\n

In 2014, the company won the Startup Business category of the South Burnett Business Excellence Awards.<\/p>\n

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