As a family owned and run company, Robert joined Lamington Group as Managing Director with a MSc in Real Estate, following in the footsteps of his father who spent 50 years growing the business. In 2023, Robert expanded his role, becoming CEO of Lamington Group taking on new responsibilities including setting the companies strategic direction, looking after the properties functions and focussing on expansion, branding and innovative projects. The group is a collection of brands that help investors and guests to sleep well at night and since taking the helm in 2014, Robert has more than doubled the business size.
As long-standing developers and operators of residential and commercial real estate, Lamington Group has a long history built on the foundations of creating communities, and has a very strong vision for the future. Robert believes that buildings and environments should leave people inspired, motivated, and enabled, putting the guest at the centre of the narrative. Robert prides himself on having a great team to deliver this vision and create products which aren’t just good, but great.
The room2 brand currently has three open properties with five in the pipeline, as part of an ambitious roll out plan of 5000 keys by 2030. Lamington has launched its detailed roadmap to be net zero by 2030, opened the world’s first whole life net zero hotel in Chiswick in December 2021, and is committed to building to this specification going forward to create sustainable properties that benefit local communities and the environment.
ABOUT: THE LAMINGTON GROUP
Lamington Group has been established as an investor and developer of residential and commercial real estate since 1967. Led by Managing Director Robert Godwin, the group has a family of brands comprising room2; room2lite; Lamington Apartments; Lamington Developments; Lamington Lettings and Missionworks, the first foray into co-working spaces.
ABOUT: room2
room2 is the UK’s first hometel brand, conceived in 2015. It is the third accommodation brand launched by the Lamington Group, an independent family-owned real estate investment and development company, which was founded in the 1960s and is based in West London.
The brainchild of brothers Robert and Stuart Godwin, former members of the British Olympic Development Sailing team, hometels combine the best elements from Airbnb, serviced apartments and boutique hotels in an offering designed to appeal equally to corporate and leisure guests and those seeking alternative forms of residential accommodation. With innovative features such as 24-hour stays as standard, mattress selection, room2’s highly flexible offer provides kitchens in every room and is available from one night to one year.
room2 currently has three operational locations, in Southampton, Hammersmith and room2 Chiswick, which opened in December 2021 marking the world’s first fully whole life net zero hotel. room2 has a further pipeline of live projects across the UK with a Gross Development Value of over £100 million, including sites in Belfast, Fulham and Liverpool, featuring a mix of wholly owned assets and those pre-leased to room2 by development partners. room2 has signed the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism and is committed to accelerating climate action to cut global tourism emissions. room2’s Southampton property was recently rated as the top hotel in Southampton by TripAdvisor thanks to guest reviews.
Learn more about The Lamington Group here https://www.lamingtongroup.com
