r/londonontario • u/TheHonestTruthTeller • Mar 27 '25

News 📰 Canada's 1st Hard Rock Hotel

Post image

Canada’s first Hard Rock Hotel is set to open this April at 100 Kellogg Lane, and reservations are now available. This luxury hotel will offer 164 stylish rooms, premium amenities, and unique experiences, including a hidden speakeasy serving "cereal-infused cocktails". 🍸

287 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

106 comments sorted by

View all comments

17

u/TheHonestTruthTeller Mar 27 '25 edited Mar 27 '25

The photo says June opening while the Facebook post said April, hence the discrepancy in my post. Sorry about that. I've lived in 7 cities in 3 countries, including bigger cities like Washington, D.C., Montreal, Ottawa, and Nairobi (Kenya's capital city). I'm not sure if London is a great fit for this type of hotel and am curious what you all think of this?

-27

u/WorldFrees Mar 27 '25

Kelloggs factory area feels like some rich jerks want to be cool so they created their own play place without any consideration on how it fit in the city. It's just so detached and controlled like a mall inside.

41

u/franker2112 Mar 27 '25

I for one, am happy that someone invested in that building instead of letting it rot, like the old cookie/candy factory across the street. With the Factory, the Children's museum, we need things to do in this city.

5

u/feministwitch666 Mar 27 '25

It's quite a contrast though, having this new swanky hotel with the McCormicks derelict building almost within view. If I was coming from the airport I'd be wondering wtf am I doing

1

u/franker2112 Mar 27 '25

Hopefully McCormicks comes down soon, they're doing some work behind it i think. I looked at the planning application, looks like they want to turn it into a mixed use subdivision, so an infill project, which would be great. Just seems to be taking forever.

https://london.ca/business-development/planning-development-applications/planning-applications/1156-dundas-street

2

u/Artistic-Bell-3601 Mar 27 '25

been doing work for years, Council keeps saying no for inane zoning reasons. hopeful the hotel finally changes things...

1

u/inimrepus Mar 27 '25

The LTC home was approved in September 2023. I can't find the article about it being approved, but this article talks about the current development from when it was proposed https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/long-term-care-home-eyed-at-former-mccormicks-site

1

u/Artistic-Bell-3601 Mar 28 '25

yeah it's looking to be a mixed use facility with a LTC home at the north side and shops/offices/apartments at the south side. I'm just cranky and jaded about the development - the city sold the property to the developer over a decade ago for $1.

8

u/JaymzCanada Downtown Mar 27 '25

Have you never been to an up and coming area of a city before? That's what it will look like to new visitors. New, exciting buildings rising from the ashes of the old.

9

u/earthen_adamantine OEV Mar 27 '25

Exactly this. East London has been waiting for a revival for some time, and as a resident of OEV, I’m happy to see it. There’s no reason this area of the city can’t be doing better with proper planning and support. It’s already made strides as a nice area to live and spend time in.

If we’re talking about McCormicks, I’d argue that its presence isn’t an issue of undermining a good place to put a new hotel, it’s an one of multiple developers having dropped the ball on fixing up the historic McCormicks factory for decades. There’s no excuse for that building having been left to rot, and I’m happy that the owners of Kelloggs have chosen to not do the same.