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The once crumbling
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is being transformed
into a 42-acre miniature
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bars and restaurants
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now open for business.
The road to restoration of Battersea
Power Station has been a long one. For
many years, the only residents of the site
were the peregrine falcons which moved
in at the turn of the century. However, in
2012 the Malaysian shareholders – Sime
Darby, S P Setia and the Employees
Provident Fund – acquired the site. Since
then, real progress has been made.
The first phase, Circus West (set to open
in summer 2017) is now approaching
completion and handovers of apartments
have begun. The non-residential part,
Circus West Village, is taking shape in
the lower levels of the new buildings
and adjacent railway arches. Part of the
forthcoming riverside park is now open
to the public via Grosvenor Arch which
will soon be an array of independent new
shops, gyms, cafés, restaurants and
bars, including: Copenhagen pizzeria
Mother; seafood restaurant Wright
Brothers; gin distillery Dodd’s Gin;
Earlsfield diner Ben’s Canteen;
Duckroad, a sister restaurant to Soho’s
Ducksoup and Rawduck in London
Fields; and high-energy, music-focused
fitness brand Boom Cycle, which offers
motivational spinning workouts.