Početkom 20. stoljeća, razvojem putničke luke i intenziviranjem prekooceankih linija prema Americi, Rijeka postaje središte migracijskih kretanja stanovništva. Kapaciteti za prihvat putnika bili su nedostatni pa se mađarsko Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova odlučilo na izgradnju novog hotela. Projekt Hotela Emigranti izradio je inženjer Szilárd Zielinski, profesor politehnike na Sveučilištu u Budimpešti. Zielinski se odlučio za potpuno neuobičajen tip građevine armiranobetonske konstrukcije. Konstrukcija i način izrade samoga zdanja sasvim su sigurno bili potpuna novost za riječko graditeljstvo. Tim se objektom Rijeka priključila europskim trendovima modernih konstrukcija, a izgradilo ga je budimpešansko poduzeće Henrik Freud es Fiai 1905. godine. Riječ je o 160 metara dugoj zgradi, s prizemljem i dva kata, smještenoj u nekadašnjoj Industrijskoj ulici nasuprot Ljuštionice riže. To je mjesto bilo izabrano upravo zbog blizine luke i željezničkog pristaništa. U podrumu su bile smještene čekaonice, ambulanta, kupaonice, sobe za dezinfekciju i uredi za prodaju putnih karata. Na prvom i drugom katu bile su spavaonice i prostor za okupljanje emigranata koji su prošli sanitarnu i liječničku kontrolu. Niz florealnih i geometrijskih motiva te vijugavih linija upućuju na secesiju ili, bolje reći, kombinaciju secesije s nadolazećim izričajem moderne.
Arhitektonski objekt Hotela Emigranti i danas postoji. Dvadesetih godina 20. stoljeća koristio se kao sajmeni prostor, a nakon Drugoga svjetskog rata kao industrijski objekt. Godine 1953. u prostor hotela smještena je tvornica ambalaže 8. mart, poslije poznatija kao Metalografički kombinat. Tvornica i danas djeluje pod nazivom MGK-pack d.d. i, iako je pogon preselila na Kukuljanovo, dio prostora nekadašnjeg Hotela Emigranti još uvijek koristi kao svoj uredski i skladišni prostor.
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At the beginning of the 20th century, with the development of the passenger port and the intensification of transatlantic routes to America, Rijeka became a centre of migratory movements of the population. Passenger capacities were insufficient, so the Hungarian Ministry of the Interior decided to build a new hotel. The project of the Hotel Emigranti was made by engineer Szilárd Zielinski, a professor at the Polytechnic Institute of the Budapest University. Zielinski decided on a completely unusual type of a reinforced concrete structure building. The structure and method of construction of the facility were certainly a complete novelty for Rijeka’s architecture. This facility proved that Rijeka was keeping up with the European trends of modern constructions. The construction work was carried out by the Budapest company Henrik Freud es Fiai in 1905. It is an approximately 160 meters long building with a ground floor and two storeys, located in the former Industrijska Street, opposite the Rice Mill. The same location was chosen because of the proximity to the port and railway pier. The basement housed waiting rooms, an outpatient clinic, bathrooms, disinfection rooms and ticket offices. On the first and second floor there were bedrooms and a gathering space for emigrants who had already undergone medical and sanitary control. A series of floral and geometric motifs and wavy lines indicates elements of Art Nouveau or, better said, a combination of Art Nouveau and upcoming Modernism.
The building of the former Hotel Emigranti exists even today. In the 1920s, it was used as a trade fair area and, after World War II, as an industrial facility. In 1953, the packaging factory of 8. Mart, later known as the Metallographic Combine, was placed in the area of the former hotel. The factory is still active under the name MGK-pack d.d. and, although it moved its production plant to Kukuljanovo, it still uses parts of the former Hotel Emigranti as office and warehouse spaces.
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