A little while ago someone told me that the Kings Cross Central partnership was offering a private and secret tunnel linking one of the new offices with the tube at St Pancras to avoid you having to mix with the great unwashed.
Ever since I've been itching to see if its true.
Earlier this week I got my chance and was offered a tour around the frankly ginormous £2bn regeneration scheme. Accompanied by Stacey Meadwell and her video camera, above is what we found out.
Sadly, tales of a secret Mr Benn style tunnel are untrue although one of the buildings will have its own public tube entrance with a tunnel - however, for a price, director Robert Evans mysteriously hinted anything is possible.
In the video Evans admits the prelet to Sainsbury's has been "dragging on a bit' and he hints there might be another occupier in the wings that could be suitable for building and could draw a line under the Sainsbury's deal for them.
The deal to the supermarket giant was signed two years ago. When
property director Peter Baguley resigned at the start of this year he
said said he'd stay on to complete the deal. That seems unlikely as Baguley joined Jones Lang LaSalle at the end of last month.
Evans tries to shed some light on what is going on, as well as a progress update on the project and when we might see a planning permission go in for the King's Cross Central's student accomodation.
The video is our first both in terms of Stacey behind the camera, and our editing skills; so watch out for plenty more to come.
Evans tries to shed some light on what is going on, as well as a progress update on the project and when we might see a planning permission go in for the King's Cross Central's student accomodation.
The video is our first both in terms of Stacey behind the camera, and our editing skills; so watch out for plenty more to come.
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