American Reacts to Battersea Power Station Converted Into A Luxury Shopping Mall
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In this video I react to the stunning transformation of Battersea Power Station into a luxury shopping mall. This place is incredible! Looking at it now, I can't believe that not that long ago it was just an old power station but now the whole area is beautiful. The architecture of this iconic London landmark is such a contrast to the more modern buildings surrounding it.
I've always loved it when old industrial buildings are repurposed into new spaces, and I'm in awe of the transformation that this entire area has undergone. From high-end fashion boutiques to gourmet restaurants, Battersea Power Station has been completely reimagined as a world-class shopping destination. While I'm not a huge shopper myself, I absolutely appreciate beautiful spaces and history, and Battersea Power Station doesn't disappoint.
When I'm in London I'd definitely like to tour Battersea Power Station Mall. I may not be into luxury shopping, but I love old buildings, and lift 109 may be the best view in London.
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£9bn (i.e. GB POUNDS) is about 11.5bn USD, and is the cost to clean up, renovate and redevelop the entire 45-ish acre site. (1.8m sq.ft.)
Incorrect
It was for the power station and the two underground tube extensions and two parks.
The rest is private enterprise
£9bn = $11.43bn 👍😎🎩 which was spent ONLY on the Power Station and 2 Tube stops - the surrounding new-build Flats were built from private money 👍😎🎩
It holds the record of the world’s largest brick built building. The 9 billion includes a two station extension to the underground.
When it was built yes it did
It's now around 4th
With the winner being a Spanish hospital
@@madyottoyotto3055 Yes you're right it is the 4th largest. You were on about Hospital De Sant Pau which is second largest. I suppose it is the largest if you leave out castles but the largest brick built building in the world (well, one of them) is Malbork Castle in Poland. But it does depend where you look and I'm sure there's other people and places on the internet that disagree. Nothings ever black and white 😃
@@MousePotato is that castle built out of BRICK not stone ?
@@madyottoyotto3055 Brick
My Grandfather was the Head supervisor when it was an actual power station, his job was so important he wasn't able to enlist in the army during WWII, he was very conflicted about this as he felt he was letting the country down, however, it was more important thay he kept the power on in London. I've visited since its renovation and it is impressive. 👍🏻
27:16 The apartments in the surrounding area average £800,000 ($1million) for a 1 bed, £1.7million ($2.2million) for a 2 bed, £2.6million ($3.3million) for a 3 bed. The power station itself has apartments ranging from £3million ($3.8million) to £12million ($15.2million).
Sign me up. I'll take 3. And a penthouse. 🤣
Someone I know went in the lift - she said it was an amazing experience and everyone said WOW when they reached the top.
I visited this place yesterday with my parents. My dad uses a mobility scooter and had no issues with access to the shops or the lift 109. There is a separate lift for people with limited mobility which needs to be prebooked (free of charge). This lift bypasses the steps to the main elevator so that disabled customers can also access the attraction. The view from the top of the chimney was stunning, and well worth the £15 fee. As a side note, the whole site is very clean and well laid out. Facilities for disabled customers are plentiful and accessible. I would definitely revisit.
Thanks for the info
Why tear down a beautiful piece of architecture when you can keep the history and reuse it! ❤️🇦🇺
It’s called a ‘listed’ building
I grew up in Battersea in the 80s and 90s with a Pink Floyd loving Dad so the semi derelict shell of Battersea Power Station has towered over my life since birth. We hoped the theme park plan would happen but it never did. Well I'm coming back to town for my Dad's funeral today and we might visit the power station for the first time in my whole life.
Good to see Battersea people commenting! I also grew up there in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Sorry about your dad, may he rest in peace.
Bless you. Going to the power station would probably bring back a lot of nice memories and would be particularly poignant for you today. Take lots of tissues if you do go. I hope everything goes/went well.
I had no idea that this was now a shopping centre. I'm so pleased they've done something with it. Such an iconic building, especially if you're a Pink Floyd fan.
Haha I was waiting for a pink Floyd related comment. Didn’t have to look far!
It opened in October 2022 and is very impressive what they've done.
Hi. As others have said it’s £ not $. Also yes, it’s for the redevelopment of the whole area, including homes, businesses, public spaces, infrastructure such as roads, new Tube station. Turning a derelict brownfield site into a new mixed use development.
It was for the power station two tube extensions and two parks
The rest has come from private enterprise
London's power stations (including Battersea) were powered by Northumberland and Durham coal, taken down the North Sea by squat little collier ships, which had folding funnels so they could pass under the London bridges. My father worked on these ships for a while, after he'd finished crossing and re-crossing the Atlantic for five years during the war
Such an amazing art deco building. Glad they didn't just pull it down for being a out of date art style. Very batman.
Thankfully we have fairly robust protections for historic buildings in the UK, even three of my homes have been listed buildings
I went to school at Battersea County in the ‘60’s, within spitting distance of the Power Station. The girls playground was situated on the roof, so although not as high as the Power Station (then working) we had a similar view every day. Great to see it restored finally, after so many years of projected projects being abandoned.
Oh no, not Cowsheds! 😉 I also grew up and went to school in Battersea (John Burns primary, Sinjuns secondary). You're right, it is good to see the old Power Station finally given a new lease of life, even if the shops are out of reach of many old Battersea people.
Fun extra: Remember those old Black and white scifi monster movies from British Studios like Elstree and Pinewood….The scientists in white coats often needed to electrify a bridge or some such to end the alien or beastie…and rang through the “Do it now” order to
Battersea Power Station…then you see the Station operators pulling a big lever or turning a large hand wheel to get the electricity flowing. Ha! The old memory is a bit faded..but it went something like that!
Another London power station 'Bankside' has been converted to a modern art gallery 'Tate Modern'.
My late father was a painter on battersea in the late 50s ,he was painting one of the towers when he fell and broke his back...he had been due to emigrate to Canada with my mum, he went on to make a full recovery after a year spent on his back, unfortunately this put paid to my parents emigrating. Amazing what they've done to battersea.
Just along the river from Battersea there is the old Southwark power station which has been turned into the Tate Modern art gallery. It's also very impressive. It has the tallest brick built chimney in Europe I think.
Ageed it's in Southwark but it's the former Bankside Power Station.
I worked on this from around 2015 for about 5 years. The £9bn was for the entire area, the power station itself was about £1bn of that.
In addition to the shopping center there is a cinema, apartments and Apple have taken about 5 floors of offices for their UK HQ.
I never got to see it finished inside but it looks fantastic, they've done well to keep so much of the original fabric.
I grew up in Battersea, good times, its completely changed now sadly❤ 😢
The power station is one of London's most iconic buildings and in fact was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott a member of a famous family of architects (his grandfather designed the amazing hotel at St Pancras railway terminus (now St Pancras International.) and the Albert Memorial.
Strangely Gilbert is best known as the designer of the K6 red London Telephone boxes. You should look for any CZcams video about the Anglican Cathedral in the city of Liverpool which is also one of his and like the power station bloody huge.
The building comprises two power stations, built in two stages, in a single building. Battersea A Power Station was built between 1929 and 1935 and Battersea B Power Station, to its east, between 1937 and 1941.
Luckily I live right next door to the power station. And lived just up the road to it as a child when it was still in use as the power station. The are is so nice to walk around now. And the beautiful batterse park is so close. Spent most of my childhood playing in the park.
Yep, the park was the best playground for us Battersea kids!
Had the luxury of visiting the station before conversion/gentrification
Fabulous building
I went to Battersea County School during the 70's that place was hell on earth, when people didn't like you, they made sure to drive you crazy, some kids even killed themselves because nobody stopped the bullying.
We lived in the next road to Battersea County, and would have been handy for me, being only a few minute's walk from our front door. But because of its reputation, I chose to go to Sinjuns instead. I know a few people I was at primary school with did well at County, but I also know that a mate (who also lived near BC) and I had to change our route home to avoid the County kids who had a habit of beating us up!
It was still a power station when I was a kid. I’m so pleased it’s been kept and given new purpose. I know it was a gallery for a bit but I think that was always only temporary.
Visited here just a few weeks ago and the trip up inside the chimney is definitely worth it. I believe there is a disabled lift for people who can’t manage the steps.
Battersea used to be a really poor, rough, crime ridden area but has since been regentrified & the new US Embassy & Apple’s campus are nearby. The power station was abandoned for decades as nobody knew what to do with it. Various companies were involved in the transformation including Ireland’s Treasury Holdings & Malaysia’s S P Setia and a team of international architects including Frank Gehry.
SO MANY good movies and tv shows, music videos, short stories, you NAME IT, were filmed at the ruins of this place before the renovation
The last shot of your video shows a view of Battersea power station on the right and right opposite over the river a housing estate called Churchill Gardens which is where I lived with my parents so used to see the station every day. Mum lived there until she passed away 16 years ago.
This is largely a high end retail mall as its just across the river from the Royal Borough of Kensington And Chelsea which is very affluent.
I work in the new Tube station there. The area is completely unrecognizable compared to even a few years ago!
You're right, they are chimneys/smoke stacks not cooling towers 😊.
Far to many old industrial buildings have been demolished in the UK. Manchester has preserved and changed the use of many old cotton mills into residential and office space. 😊
I am UK born and bred and i can remember years ago they were going to do something with the power station but even this is an eye opener for me and i am just as totally blown away by it.
Battersea Power station was designed ny George Gilbert Scott - who also designed Southwark Power Station - Now Tate Modern, and the iconic telephone booths/boxes.
Just along the river from Battersea is St Mary's Church, where Benedict Arnold is interred.
Hi Steve there's no choice they have to keep Battersea power station it's a grade 1 listed building which means the building has to be the same structurel building in its entirety
No way would i pay between £23 to £55 per meal. London has always been stupidly expensive for anything unless you go to non tourist area's
One place you do have to check out is Dinorwig Mountain in North Wales otherwise known as electric Mountain it is Europe's Largest Battery. It is also a massive hydro electric power station inside an en tire Mo untain
Shopping Mall for Russian Oligarch, Oil Rich Sheiks and American Tourists (we think all Americans are rich of course!).
The building is probably a 'listed' building, so its old features may be protected by law (Thankfully).
They just built a load of crappy looking modern buildings all around it 🙄
It was listed Grade 2 special interest in 1980, three years before it closed down, it was upgraded to Grade 2 (meaning it's of significant importance}.
It was designed by the guy who designed the Red Telephone Box
It was the first power station to sulphur scrub for clean air.
It's smoke plumes were a navigation landmark for piolets in the war, both side which is why it was't bombed.
Largest brick built building ever made, it could house St Pauls Cathedral!
You would think they'd have made it Grade 1 after all that!!
@@susannemac2800 I'm more against what they've surrounded it with. Looks so ghastly it's completely ruined the look of the place.
They had so many great ideas to, which is a shame. The shopping part won't last, the place is like a ghost town already.
Plus I used to live near it back in the day. I know its history
Doesn't everyone have a Starbucks? No. I would need to travel 25 to 30 miles to the nearest Starbucks. We have to "make do" with a Costa.
I was living near to Battersea Power Station in 1964 when there was an emergency. All our lights were flashing and sockets not working properly, all due to a huge underground fire below the building. It was a little scarey at the time. Love your channel by the way. ❤
Battersea Power station stood abandoned for decades while they tried to figure out what to do with it. At one point it was going to be a theme park. The big problem being you would be allowed to put extra windows into the external walls When works finally got started they were halted because it had been determined that the chimneys needed to be rebuilt, but the local authority were concerned if the developer actually had the money to do the works. They were concerned that the developer would take them down then go bankrupt and they would never be rebuilt. The American Embassy has also moved into this area. I wonder how many of the apartments that overlook the American Embassy are actually owned by foreign countries hoping to spy on the embassy.
We REALLY wanted that theme park to happen when I was growing up.
@@RollerbazAndCoasterDadsame. Would have been great, and something everyone could have used.
I remember driving through it in dirt2 .
went there start of the year. in that area think a 2 bed apartment was like 1.5million gbp. lift 109 was a great experience especially at night when we went up.
I went to school in Clapham, not far away. When the cover photograph for Pink Floyd's Animals album was being photographed, the pig escaped and floated over my school one lunchtime.
I can only imagine how fantastic that must have been for you all. What a memory and you finally got to see a pig fly.
you used to be able to see the power station from miles around, hidden behind the new buildings.
The construction started on building A in 1929 and building B in 1945… it’s a beautiful building
Si glad that a bit of industrial london remains. Use to go past it every day on the train to London Victoria and for so long was derelict, Now look so sparkling and keeping some of the original features is so cool.
The most amazing shopping mall I've ever been to, is in Moscow! They didn't want it to detract from the architecture, so built it underground. Above ground, all you can see is two glass domes with fountains. Underground, it is absolutely massive, with everything you could dream of!!!
We do love to preserve historic buildings and repurpose them for something else. We had a grade ll listed catering college building in our town. When the new college all moved into one building the old one shut down. But it backed onto some wasteland and the old caretakers house. Plans were put forward for a retail park but to build some new shop units onto the back. But at the same time preserving the structure of the college building.
I'm old enough to remember smoke coming out the chimneys , not a lift lol
From the 1930s to 1980s, Battersea Power Station was a working Power Station. At its peak, it was producing a fifth of London's power, supplying electricity to some of London's most recognisable landmarks, such as the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace.
Over the moon you’re doing this ,I recommend it ,love your reactions 🇬🇧
Thanks Jane. I appreciate it.
Construction started in 1929, there's an A and B station combined into one building.
It powered part of the London underground
The buiking is listed, so the external bricks at least are original, but very well cleaned.
They used to take the water to run the steam out of the Thames! Before it was almost knocked down, thank heavens it wasn't.. we put massive clear span structures, as in a huge great marquee thing, One of the biggest, in the UK, in the turbine hall, that was bigger than Wemby Arena in there, and do massive rock and roll music shows. I lit a few in there, myself. Quite a large barn!
Reminds me of when I used to visit my uncle who lived in Neesdon, North London. Back in the day we could sit in my uncle's 2nd floor front room and stare out at the old Twin Towers of Wembley stadium. So cool.
Haven't been down there since the new stadium has been there as my uncle moved further south during the tearing down of the old stadium, plus I'm still angry they actually tore down the old stadium.
That clear lift is the closest thing to the lift in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in my head
Apparently the penthouses in the Battersea Power Station were initially sold at £30,000,000
2 bedroom apartments, circa +£ 2.5 000,000.
The 4 bed penthouses. circa nine to ten million pounds.
Battersea powerstation.. now there's a thing.
It used to be coal fired, and provided electricity for London. The great hall in the middle contained 4 massive ge-sets. The 4 big chimneys were the smokestacks, as in US terminolgy, were the ends of of the flues for the massive boilers to make steam to turn the turbines to make the gensets go round. A lesser known fact is it's also where, under armed guard, where all the used and knackered bank notes were destroyed in the furnaces! Not anymore, though. The power for the underground railway network had it's own power system, seperate to the national grid. Look it up. You might find it very interesting, along with seperate power fore the telephones in the UK.😏👍K.
You can use the Thames like the Tudor monarchs did - like a highway. You can get a river boat from the Tate to the London Eye to the Tate Modern (although the art galleries weren’t there in the 1500s!) to Greenwich, etc. Presumably there’s a stop at Battersea these days …
Wow As A British Guy Never Been To London I Feel a long Weekend Coming On For a Visit !!
An interesting reaction for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I grew up in Battersea, so the Power Station was a part of my life for many years, even though I never actually went inside until December 2022 when I went up in the lift! It closed as a power station when I was in my last year at school, so watched with interest all the different proposals for its use over the years. I always hoped they'd go for the theme park option, but sadly that wasn't to be!
Secondly, it was strange seeing you react to one of Tim and Gaby's videos! I've been subscribed to his channel since its very early days. Hopefully he'll get a few more subscribers off the back of this. 😊
Got to say, I do love how they've kept the overhead gantry cranes. Just a detail I appreciate having worked in similar industry most of my adult life.
I bet there isn't a Greggs down there 😂
I too worked for one of worlds biggest overhead crane companies, started as an apprentice and worked there for 20 years. Till I moved on to better things. They still interest me though. Good to see them preserved.
The Cover of Pink Floyd's Animals album, i remember being in school in 1975 and all of a sudden the kids were pointing out the window on the 2nd floor , there was a pig floating in the distance , it was Pink Floyd advertising the release of their Animal Album
It *was* not the best area. Until the rebuild/renovation it was a run-down part of the city. The old power station is an icon of London - it's as famous in London as something like the Brooklyn Bridge is in New York, and is a historically listed building. One of the world's largest brick buildings. If you know your classic rock you'll recognise the building from the cover of Pink Floyd's album "Animals". Building started in 1929, and it was a working power station until the 1980s.
yes some of the council estaes nearby was ruined with drugs
And it has been standing empty since then (more than 3 decades) while various schemes to develop it have come and gone. Part of the reason those schemes failed was the huge cost of making the space safe for visitors, it's not like it was just a big empty box, there was all the old industrial remains that had to be removed or made safe and then the side effects of being empty for 3 decades in a run down part of the city (both human and animal contamination). I actually hadn't realised they had finally done something with it - I will have to go and take a look at some point.
You're like me. I hate shopping, but I could spend hours here just appreciating the architecture and the history of the building. I love modern buildings that keep some of the old building on show.
In the UK a lot of places don't have a Starbucks. A few years ago, they started pulling out of town centres, so some places that used to have a Starbucks don't now. Many places never had one to begin with. Most places have a Costa though. Even big towns with over 100,000 people have lost their Starbucks, but my little town with under 25,000 people has a Costa.
There is only one Starbucks in Finland, at the Helsinki airport.
That's a blessing. We have to see them in nearly every town here in the states. LOL
Special whatever the cost … congratulations to everyone involved..
Was in there the other day it’s a really nice place to have a wander round even if you don’t buy anything
Battersea power station features as the main cover on the Pink Floyd album Animals 👍🏼⚒🎶🍺
I definitely share your enthusiasm for this place; the whole concept, the wow factor of the two lifts and emerging out of the tower to an amazing view (surprisingly sunny weather for December 👍) the contrast of the old power house building with the ultra-modern penthouse flats, the exposed brickwork and girders inside. I particularly appreciate that the developers of the shopping mall have resisted putting any signage at all on the outside, retaining the dignity of the building and its history. I hope you and your family get to go there one day 😊 x
Thanks for another great video, Steve. As it happens, I need to go visit a friend (on Monday) who lives in Battersea, and he told me to get a train to the power station. I watched your video hoping to find out where the new tube station is, and I briefly glimpsed it as they were showing a map, so this was very helpful. I dare say I might pop in to get me some of that wonderful smell
LOL yes, you have to go when in the area. I want to know what the smell is. haha The last mall i went in I could have swore they were pumping the smell of Cinnabon into the air. Needless to say I started craving a cinnamon roll. :)
To give you an idea of London prices, I live in Lincolnshire and yesterday I went to the fish and chip shop, then took the order home as a takeaway. I had a fish and chips with mushy peas whilst my partner had fishcake, chips and mushy peas. It cost £10 exactly for the whole lot which is just less than $13US.
To be fair, those prices in the Power Station aren't really representative of fish and chip prices from local London chippies. We aren't all made of money down here! 😉
Even people that might be attracted to live in one of those apartments wouldn't want to always pay the prices and shop at those high end shops every day. I would be suprised if some of those shops survive beyond a couple of years at the most.
The strange ‘I wonder where that fish has gone’ section from Monty Python’s Meaning of Life film was shot in the ‘A’ station control room.
Lol this is so funny... I was there in the evening on the day this vid was out. We'd gone done to London for pokémon go fest and stumbled across this place going to a wagamama restaurant via Google maps. I think it's located at the area that was still under construction in the video. We had no idea it was a shopping mall. But what an iconic art deco building, it's a fantastic job they've done, really good that this has been regenerated and kept it's old character. Definetly going to go back and do the elevator run. Can confirm that there is still no signage on the building. We thought it was luxury condos
Hi Steve - thank you for this video. I have visited Battersea Power Station twice since it opened as a public space. They really did a great job in restoring and preserving this huge building and as Tim pointed out in his video many original features have been retained. Just as important is the redevelopment of the area surrounding the Power Station - there are now some very nice public plazas with riverside views etc. It has created a new destination in London outside of the West End and that is a good thing for the city. A couple of things I should add - a huge factor in this development was the building of a new tube station specifically for the Power Station. These are a really really big deal in London - there is a video about the new station and you will see what a big event it was when it finally opened.
czcams.com/video/BSVE3Be-UE0/video.html
Also - Battersea Power Station is very near the US Embassy in London! It was a bit of a surprise when it was relocated out of Grosvenor Square to it's new location on the South Bank in the Vauxhall/Battersea area.
I remember the power station from my childhood and it used to be such an eyesore. Not now though! (Also, not dollars, GBP!)
Battersea power station was a coal fired power station consisting of two phases A & B
B being build three years after the first originally owned by the London power company.
So you were correct it's smoke stacks
If only we could have had Fred rebuild them 😁
One of London's paradoxes. Very rich mashed right up next to solid working class areas, they did the same out in Stratford. I lived there in the 90's, so much is now unrecognisable but some is just the same, or worse.
I'll be interested to see how well this area does, it is nice to see the power station in use but did London really need another exclusive shopping area?
That lift is the business though 😁
Looks incredible. I will have to check that out the next time I head down to London.
You also managed to select a video by one of the nicest guys on CZcams who usually reviews holiday sites and hotels in the UK with an emphasis on the really bad ones.
Yeah...when you want to develop a world class shopping complexes with SOHO and hybrid development, leave it to the Malaysians to plan and develop it.
We have plenty of experiences in developing SOHO and world class shopping complexes. Sometimes I feel the shopping complex are quite overwhelming in Malaysia.
Really proud for what they have done to Battersea.
I remember hearing a story, not sure if it's an urban myth, about the pig on the Pink Floyd album Animals. The pig was moored on the four chimneys and apparently it broke it's moorings and was flying around London. Love it if it's true.
No Steve, it was a real dump after the power station was decommissioned. When it was working it wasn’t very clean and the area was run down.They had big problems attracting investors for it. For many years only a tiny part of the power station was occupied despite overseas investment being initially interested. They have done the same with the east side of London, traditionally called the Isle of Dogs 🤷♀️and all the old dock yard area. We used to use the warehouses for roller skating in. They now house very exclusive and expensive penthouses. The area is now a financial/ business area of London called Canary Wharf. The transport system was extended out there and lots of cafes and eateries.
I love your voice, mate! Broadcasting is so right for you! 😊.
I went there a few weeks ago, it's a lovely area.
Steve, I am not keen on shopping either. For the last 20 years or so all of our grocery shopping has been done for home delivery. In the UK all the major supermarkets offer home delivery. You use the on-line shopping web programme to select your items then select a 60 minute delivery slot on the day you want and pay. The whole cost of picking and delivery could be from 99pence to say £3. The refrigerated delivery van draws up at your house at your chosen one hour slot. As I say, we have been doing this for at least 20 years. We have been in a remote village, on holiday in the Yorkshire Dales, and the Tesco van has delivered our weeks grocery ordered back at home weeks earlier. Tesco, Sainsburys, Waitrose, Asda, Morrisons are some of the national supermarkets.
How about you making a video on this?
I did a bunjee jump from there back in the 90's. I'm a West Londoner, so I'm really pleased with what they have done with such an iconic part of the London skyline
Its fantastic.Worth every penny.
I'm not a great lover of shopping either, but like you I find it a fascinating space architecturally speaking. I'd definitely be up for visiting here
There are penthoudse apartments ontop of the shopping area as well. Its about 16.05 in the video. A couple of million pounds a piece + Steve
The best Ariel views of London in Lift 109. Better than the London eye
I live just up the road from Battersea Power Station. I've not got to check it out yet. Looking forward to this video 😊
It has a tube station as well 🎉
I love how the designer made Charlie's Glass Elevator. It must feel just like bursting out of the roof of Willy Wonker's Chocolate Factory!!
@@neuralwarp 😊
everytime you said billion i could hear Dell boy saying " milwionairs "
Every Pink Floyd fan knows this power station very well.
It’s on the cover of the album Animals. A giant pig was hung between the two chimneys for that photo.
I too, went here at Christmas 2022 and did lift 109. We were so lucky as we went on a day it actually snowed which is quite rare in the UK. It's a fantastic building with plenty of history.
Got my lastest Hublot watch in there :) It's a great place. I hear a penthouse just went for £20M even in the recession!!! Back again in a couple of weeks.
While I don''t have any experience with luxury watches, I do love looking at them. £20M is a lot of money, but if it's on the river front at least they have an amazing view.
So glad it’s been developed, it stood empty for many years.