During the late 80’s the Agricultural Bank expanded the complex with an education/conference center, certified for hosting seminars in the sectors of Finance, Marketing, Education, Agriculture and IT. The hotel was relegated to a hosting facility for the needs of the Education and Conference center.

The excelixi education center and Kastri Hotel complex

In 2012, the Agricultural Bank was split into a good and bad bank and the good bank was acquired by Piraeus Bank. In 2013 the new administration created a new company to manage the education center and decided that the hotel deserved a new life as a contemporary luxury hotel in the outskirts of Athens.

The hotel before the renovation, who would believe what lies beneath the surface…

Enter d-e

Here is when we come into the picture.

The bank hired us to provide project management services, structural design and supervision for the complete renovation of the historic hotel. The hotel is comprised of two buildings, the main building and the guest houses.

We couldn’t find anything about the hotel in official archives. Thus everything had to be assessed by inspection. The new design included moving a load bearing masonry wall and the removal of several columns. The building had obviously gone through several renovations and expansions and several different building methods were used through the years.