"It couldn’t be more appropriate – after all, this is the city where Cristiano Ronaldo started his international career in Man United back in 2003 and where he first used number 7," the hotel group announced on its website.Plans have been submitted to Manchester Council for the development, which is to be delivered in partnership with property company Eastern Green Limited.The £27m project would see the grade II listed Halls Building at 69-75 Piccadilly - home to The Piccadilly Tavern pub - redeveloped, while the empty building next door at number 67 will be demolished and replaced with a new 11-storey tower.Together they would house a four-star hotel with 151 bedrooms, a ground floor bar and cafe, basement gym and roof terrace, according to plans lodged with the council.The Piccadilly Tavern unit will also be refurbished as part of the plans, but will remain a pub. Pestana CR7 Funchal is a lifestyle designed hotel in contemporary Art Deco Style, located in the harbor of Funchal . Ronaldo has teamed up with Pestana, a Portuguese leisure and tourism company, and has submitted proposals for a 151-bedroom hotel in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens. "Pestana CR7 is a 50-50 investment partnership between Juventus striker Ronaldo and the hotel group. CRISTIANO RONALDO is planning to rival his old United team-mates by opening a new luxury hotel in Manchester. "The red colour palette echoes the historic use of red brick, whilst the rhythm of deep, round-headed windows echoes the large repetitive window openings of the adjacent grade II listed former warehouse to the left," it states.The Halls Building dates from 1870-80 and was originally warehouses and offices. They first launched their successful 'Hotel Football' in the shadow of Old Trafford in 2015.They also bought The Grade II-listed Stock Exchange eight years ago for £1.5million But both were closed this summer and offered out to Ronaldo on the other hand already has hotel sites in his hometown of Funchal in Madeira and in Lisbon. Book our deals at Pestana Hotel Group official website! In downtown Lisbon, Pestana CR7 Lisboa Hotel, Pestana's Pure Lifestyle Hotel in proud Partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo CR7, has been built in the heart of this vibrant City, only 50 metres away of the famous Praça do Comercio, a Lifestyle, individual designed hotel in contemporary Art Deco style. The ‘CR7 Pestana’ will open in Manchester in 2023 after the success of Ronaldo’s hotels in Madeira, Lisbon, Madrid, New York, Marrakesh and Paris, subject to planning permission. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. 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It now houses offices and cafés along with The Piccadilly Tavern.The proposals will go before a planning committee after the consultation period ends on September 9.Cristiano Ronaldo is opening a luxury hotel (inset) overlooking Piccadilly Gardens (Image: Alex Livesey/Getty Images | Manchester Evening News)How the proposed Pestana hotel on the corner of Piccadilly and Newton Street would look (Image: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios | Manchester City Council)How the proposed Pestana hotel on the corner of Piccadilly and Newton Street would look (Image: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios | Manchester City Council)How the proposed Pestana hotel on the corner of Piccadilly and Newton Street would look (Image: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios | Manchester City Council) (Image: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios | Manchester City Council) The hotel group announced: "It couldn't be more appropriate - after all, this is the city where Cristiano Ronaldo started his international career in Man United back in 2003 and where he first used number 7. The brand already has sites in Ronaldo's hometown of Funchal in Madeira and in Lisbon, with more openings on the way in New York, Madrid, Marrakech and Paris.Pestana's wider portfolio of hotels includes sites in Berlin, Barcelona and Caracas, as well as the four-star Chelsea Bridge Hotel and Spa in London. "New retail and leisure units would also be created at street level as part of the plans, along with an outdoor seating area on Newton Street, where pavements would be widened and trees planted to improve the public realm.The applicants say the proposed development 'presents a unique opportunity to deliver the wholesale refurbishment of an important heritage asset'.

Pestana CR7 is a 50-50 investment partnership between Juventus striker Ronaldo and the hotel group. And it will be the seventh of the chain's 'CR7' branded hotels - named after the Portuguese captain's initials and shirt number.