Battersea power station up for sale | UK news | The Guardian

One of the most recognisable buildings in the UK is to be offered for sale on the open market for the first time in its history.

Battersea power station, in south London, has been vacant since it was decommissioned in 1983. Planning permission for a £5bn development including homes, offices, a hotel, retail and leisure facilities was secured for the site from Wandsworth council last year.

The scheme includes a £200m contribution towards connecting the power station to the London tube network by extending the Northern line from Kennington.

It would also mean the creation of 25,000 jobs – 15,000 within the power station building – and the construction of 16,000 homes.

via Battersea power station up for sale | UK news | The Guardian.

Strange Random Building Quote:

“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.”

Winston Churchill (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)

 

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