Luxury condo residents loses appeal to stop hotel’s construction in Penang
The Penang Appeals Board dismissed Mayfair Condominium management corporation’s appeal against a proposed 13-storey hotel behind a heritage building along Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
He further added that the proposed development will preserve the heritage building, Soonstead Mansion, so it would not affect the building in any way. He said adding another high-rise building along the road, which was known as Millionaires’ Row, will destroy the visual impact of the row of posh mansions along the road.
Soonstead Mansion, originally called Northam Lodge, was built by a prominent architect — James Stark — in 1911 for the rubber and sugar planter Heah Swee Lee.
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