• Whitbread signed an agreement for lease with Maple Grove Developments for a 110-room Premier Inn in Lancaster city center.
• The Canal Quarter development remains subject to planning permission and would become Premier Inn's second Lancaster hotel.
• Construction is expected to take 18 months, with around 30 permanent jobs created on opening.

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