New Japanese-style pod hotel with rooftop bar to open at huge ex-Debenhams store in major UK city

A NEW Japanese-style pod hotel with a rooftop bar is set to open inside a huge ex-Debenhams store in a major UK city.

Plans were recently filed to convert the former Debenhams department store into design-conscious accommodation that caters to budget travellers.

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The site on Princes Street in Edinburgh was left vacant after Debenhams closed all its stores in 2021.

It was lined up for a scheme to build a 210-bed up-market hotel but plans fell through last year, and the building was eventually put on the market that…