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Canberra's Chief Minister joined Geocon's managing director Nick Georgalis to open the developer's sixth Abode Hotel in Kingston on Friday.
Abode Hotel Kingston, run by Iconic Hotels which is a division of developers Geocon, brings 63 hotel rooms across four storeys to the Canberra market. The development cost $12 million and took 36 weeks to build.
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr, and founder and managing director of Geocon, Nick Georgalis at the opening of Abode Kingston on Friday.
Photo: Jamila Toderas"It's a very unique and special time for Canberra as it is an emerging city, not only is the skyline changing with high rise towers but we're seeing these new food and beverage and hospitality offerings that haven't been presented before in the ACT," Mr Georgalis said.
"Kingston is very centrally located, in fact, what we find is when parliament sits most of the destinations people stay in are Barton, Manuka and Kingston.
"Kingston has been neglected for a number of years, there hasn't been much movement around the shopping centre in particular and we're seeing a lot of doors shut."