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Helmont House is a high-rise hotel and office tower in Cardiff, Wales. Completed in 1984, the high building has 12 floors and is the tenth tallest building in Cardiff. The building was renovated in 2009 into a 200-room Premier Inn hotel. The building was previously occupied by British Gas and was one of the largest office buildings in Cardiff, and is yards away from Cardiff Queen Street railway station.〔(WalesOnline | Office purchase adds acres of space to firm’s portfolio )〕 ==History== When British Gas was privatised in 1986, fewer than 600 people were employed in the Cardiff office. In 1998 the Cardiff regional headquarters became the National Sales Centre for Britain. Prior to relocation, 2,400 people were employed at Helmont House, two thirds of which were call centre staff, with a further 800 working in the field.〔(Corporate Wales | Energy )〕 In 2009 the building’s occupier, British Gas, relocated its Wales headquarters to a new office site at the nearby Callaghan Square, in the south of Cardiff city centre. Helmont House was acquired by Rightacres at a value worth more than £10m,〔 who also acquired Holland House from Lloyds TSB which was converted into a Mercure Hotel. The building was renovated in 2009 into a 200-room Premier Inn hotel on a 25-year lease after a wide range search by the company for a location in central Cardiff. In terms of beds, the hotel is the largest in the capital.〔(WalesOnline | Capital joins the Premier league )〕 of Helmont House remains dedicated to office space,〔(Rightacres | Helmont House )〕 of which is let to law firm NewLaw Legal Ltd T/A NewLaw Solicitors.〔(Property Week | Rightacres fires up Cardiff's biggest hotel )〕 The building featured in episodes of Doctor Who ("Partners in Crime") and Torchwood in 2007. Both series are filmed and produced in Cardiff〔(Doctor Who Locations | Helmont House )〕〔(Torchwood Locations | Episode 201 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Helmont House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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