- 🏨 The Bank Hotel by MYR Hotels · five-star Grand Luxe, 102 rooms, Avenida del Puerto 31 in Valencia
- 🏛️ A former data centre · the brutalist building of Banco de Valencia, armoured doors preserved
- 🌿 20-metre vertical garden · in the atrium, rooftop pool and solarium open to Valencians
- 🍽️ Two restaurants · produce and fire on one side, Asian inspiration on the other, plus a cocktail bar
- 👔 Around a hundred positions · recruitment days on 16 and 17 September, start date 5 October
At the corner of Avenida del Puerto and Avenida Cardenal Benlloch, a brutalist building known to Valencians as the Banco de Valencia data centre has been transformed into a hotel. The Bank, a five-star Grand Luxe hotel with 102 rooms, is the new flagship of MYR Hotels, the Valencian group that already operates four addresses in the historic centre. The opening is announced for this autumn.
All openings · Spain →A vault transformed into a hotel
The building has retained its most unique features. The armoured doors of the former bank have been preserved, as a reminder of the building’s first life. The ground floor houses the reception, lobby, a library, the restaurant, and the bar; the first floor features lounges and a gym.
The heart of the project is the atrium, where a natural vertical garden over twenty metres high rises the full height of the building. On the rooftop, a swimming pool with a solarium and planted lounges will be open to residents and the Valencian public alike.
◆ The Bank Hotel in pictures
Two kitchens and an 88 m² suite
Two restaurants are planned, one focusing on produce and fire cooking, the other with Asian inspiration, accompanied by a signature cocktail bar. At the top of the offering, the Grand Heritage suite spans 88 m² with an independent living room, a relaxation area, and a meeting table for eight, and can connect to an adjoining 23 m² room.
A hundred jobs to fill before 5 October
MYR Hotels organised two invitation-only recruitment days on 16 and 17 September at its Catarroja offices for around a hundred positions, from bellboy to chef de partie. The group requires C1 English for reception and concierge, a high level of proficiency for front-of-house and bar staff, and four or five-star experience. Recruits will start on 5 October, with on-site opening training.
The fifth hotel from a Valencian group
MYR Hotels was born in Valencia and has never left: Palacio Vallier, Puerta Serranos, Marqués House, and Plaza Mercado are all just a few streets from each other in the historic centre. The Bank is the first to move away from the centre and the first to target the Grand Luxe category, in a rapidly transforming port district that lacked an address of this calibre.
Photos: © MYR Hotels.
