SKYE HOTEL SUITES ( PART OF CROWN GROUP HOLDINGS )
Expanding its high-end luxury living , Crown Group has launched its new five-star offering , SKYE Hotel Suites , in bustling western Sydney suburb , Parramatta .
The flagship Arc development – which is mixed use , so one portion residential , the other , hotel – is an architectural masterpiece . Designed by Koichi Takada Architects and Allen Jack + Cottier in a 28-storey luxury residential and commercial development known as Parramatta ’ s ‘ Vertical Village ’, it boasts 519 apartments and 72 luxury studios , one and two-bedroom hotel-style suites .
All are furnished with bespoke fittings and it also has a stateof-the-art fitness centre , resort-style pool and sauna , conference room facilities , alfresco dining and a retail piazza .
The bar on level 26 will provide 270-degree views of Sydney ’ s skyline and the base of the building offers old world charm as , when excavating , they discovered the archaeological space of the Wheat Sheaf Hotel from the 1840s .
As well as an underlying convict hut , wheelwright ’ s workshop and 1,400 artefacts ranging from plates , medicine bottles , old cutlery , bottles and glassware that were used in the actual pub , they discovered – and restored – the old cellar .
Inspired , Director of Hotels and Suites , Wayne Taranto , persuaded Crown Group CEO , Iwan Sunito , to operate a traditionalbased restaurant within the complex , paying homage to its roost . Husk & Vine , a modern Australian-style menu , with Mediterranean and Middle Eastern influence , opened in June .
“ We ’ ve got the original planks of the hotel cellar which sits right next to the archaeological space ,” explains Taranto . “ The name came about with the husk being the core of the ingredient and referring to the old Wheat Sheaf Hotel , the correlation between wheat and husk .
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