Guernsey Ports is inviting expressions of interest for the eastern end of the former Slaughterhouse site, and the former Boathouse restaurant at the base of the Crown Pier.
Both sites are being proposed as public-private partnerships, which would keep the sites in public ownership, while providing security for private investors through a long leasehold.
‘These are two of the most prominent commercial premises on our estate, offering exceptional opportunities for redevelopment,’ said commercial development manager David Buddery.
‘The former Slaughterhouse is a landmark building with immense potential, while the Crown Pier premises offers an attractive, high-profile waterfront location. Our ambition is to unlock the full potential of each site through much-needed investment and sensitive redevelopment.’
He said that interest would be welcomed from hospitality, commercial, cultural and mixed-use concepts that were financially sustainable and considered the heritage and surroundings of the sites.
The eastern end of the former Slaughterhouse has been enclosed in a scaffold canopy to protect its roof since 2024.
A spokesman for Guernsey Ports said the roof of the building required significant remedial works and this presented a rare opportunity to revitalise a landmark structure.
The former Slaughterhouse site is a protected building dating back to the late 1800s. The western end of the building has operated successfully as restaurant by Randalls since 2017. Its entire external facade is built of shaped brown granite from Cobo, with distinctive rounded ends.
The design bears stylistic similarities to the former Fish Market in Market Square, and is believed to have been designed by the same architect, John Newton.
Internally, the eastern end of the complex has been subdivided for commercial use, and the site still remains in use, with half a dozen tenants renting storage units.
Developers are asked to consider how those units could be accommodated within any redevelopment scheme.
However Ports said the building, which retains many original features, could be returned to a more open plan layout.
The Boathouse restaurant on Crown Pier which had been operated by the Christies Group unexpectedly shut at the end of the summer, after operating at the site for over 20 years.
Guernsey Ports said the premises on Crown Pier – sometimes referred to as Victoria Pier – offered a special opportunity to create a unique venue as it had a central position, high footfall and adjacent public parking.
The restaurant building was built in 1898 as an engine house for the Careening Hard slipway.
In the 1990s, it housed a Tourist Information Centre, before being converted into a restaurant.
Enquiries should be directed to Guernsey Ports’ property advisers Savills. The deadline for submitting an interest is 30 April 2026.
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