The Strong Room Restaurant + Bar + Function Centre
Having developed the land now occupied by South Street West motel, it was evident there was a need for additional hospitality in the township of Feilding to service guests and the wider community. A truly magnificent transformation of a site steeped in history.
Issues presented themselves when repurposing this 1965 ex-BNZ bank building into a 3-storey Restaurant + Bar + Function Centre. Through close collaboration we resolved such matters as accessibility, fire safety, extensive earthquake strengthening, health and food hygiene, as well as the removal of a 4000 litre diesel storage tank found on site.
SPECIFICATIONS, MATERIALS + FEATURES
Building footprint 516m2
Site area 253m2
New start-up business
Purpose built hospitality business
2 x Vaults downstairs
Upstairs Mezzanine for functions
Full interior fit-out inc.l all furniture & fittings
Restoration of old memorabilia to be used in interior
Acoustics to accommodate all 3 levels being used at once
Full commercial kitchens installed on 2 floors
“A Feilding icon, the former BNZ bank building on the corner of Manchester and Fergusson Streets, is having some new life breathed into it as it undergoes major seismic strengthening and refurbishment in order to be transformed into a new Restaurant + Bar + Function Centre”.
- Manawatu Standard & Feilding Herald - Official opening The Strong Room 24 September 2013