Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced plans for its first Hotel Indigo property In Sydney.

The 168-room hotel will be located in Sydney’s Haymarket district (home to the city’s Chinatown), next to the heritage-listed Corporation Building and close to Central station.

Scheduled to open in 2021, Hotel Indigo Sydney Central will feature an exterior “grand artwork” celebrating the hotel’s location, with facilities including a restaurant, café, bar, five suites, a gym, and rooftop events space.

The Sydney property is the third Hotel Indigo under development in Australia, joining the forthcoming Hotel Indigo Brisbane Fortitude Valley and Hotel Indigo Melbourne Docklands.

Meanwhile in the UK, IHG has opened a new property in Durham, close to the city’s cathedral and castle, and within walking distance of Durham rail station.