A senior Camden councillor has said the BT Tower conversion will “place pressure” on the local area.
The Tower was sold on Wednesday to US hotel business MCR Hotels for £275mn.
Responding to the Tower’s sale, Councillor Adam Harrison said: “The first thing residents in Fitzrovia will want to know is what the impact of a hotel operation here would be and how this can be managed.
“Higher numbers of visitors will place pressure on the immediately adjacent streets.
“I would hope any development here would contribute to improving the streetscape here, which on the specific block hosting the BT Tower is somewhat bleak and unwelcoming.
“We have made good progress in the Tottenham Court Road area to green our streets and make them more people-friendly — we need to apply that here, too,” he said.
Harrison, who represents Bloomsbury ward and is the cabinet member for a sustainable Camden, raised concerns over the location of the proposed hotel.
“The site is also located at the junction of a major rat run — Clipstone Street and Maple Street.
“This makes for an unpleasant environment and so I hope the new owners will want to address this, too,” he said.