Renovations underway at Park Hotel

The Park Hotel in Selection Park is finally being renovated.

On Thursday, contract workers were seen painting the outside of the building and cleaning the floors inside.

Since 2015, the abandoned hotel had become a hive for prostitution, drug trafficking and many other illicit activities.

Residents in the area also complained about the noise and loitering the abandoned hotel was causing in the area. It was also felt that the hotel was making the area unsafe at night.

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As a consequence of the constant loitering, the hotel suffered a large amount of damage on the inside and outside due to theft and vandalism.

In recent years, steel gates as well as burglary bars were installed to curb vandalism and looting.

Some residents alleged that homeless people were occupying the hotel at night but no evidence was found to back up this claim.

Residents also felt that the abandoned and vandalised building had become an eyesore.

According to contractor Foster Mthungwa, they were contracted to paint the building’s façade and fix and clean up the rooms.

Ward Clr Shadow Shabangu says: “I am happy that something is being done about this problem.

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“The residents have been really unhappy with the state of things for many years now.

“There was a lot of prostitution and drug trafficking taking place and that upset people.

“But as long as the renovations are made and the hotel stops becoming a nuisance then everything should be fine.”

The owner was unavailable for comment at time of publication.

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