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Battersea Power Station in action in 1937
Battersea Power Station in action in 1937 -
Battersea Power Station is closed after 40 years in operation
Battersea Power Station is closed after 40 years in operation -
Battersea appears on Pink Floyd's album cover
The most well known use of Battersea Power Station in popular culture – the cover of Pink Floyd’s Animals album in 1977 -
John Broome buys the site
The site is bought by developer John Broome for £1.5m with plans to develop an indoor theme park. -
The project is halted due to lack of funding
The project is halted due to lack of funding -
Parkview buys the site for £10m
Parkview buys the site for £10m and submits plans for redevelopment in 1996; planning consent is given throughout 2000 and 2001 -
Arup’s masterplan submitted for planning
Arup’s masterplan submitted for planning<br/>
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Purchased by REO and Treasury Holdings
REO, led by Irish businessmen Richard Barrett and Johnny Ronan of Treasury Holdings, buys the power station site and surrounding land for £400m. Arup and Bovis are dropped from the scheme<br/>
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Rafael Viñoly beats Foster and SOM to design the scheme
Rafael Viñoly beats Foster and SOM to design the scheme View the article on Building -
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Viñoly’s chimney plan scrapped
Developer caves in to demands to abandon the plans for Viñoly’s 300m glass chimney -
Viñoly resubmits proposals
Viñoly resubmits proposals for the station, stripped of the glass eco-tower
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Revised scheme gets the go-ahead
Both Boris Johnson and Wandsworth council give the go-ahead to the revised £5.5bn scheme View original story on Building -
NAMA becomes part owner
Ireland’s controversial new “bad bank”, NAMA, becomes part owner of the power station. This happens after it completes the acquisition of Irish developers’ loans, including those of REO, worth more than €70bn -
Treasury Holdings confirms financial backing
Reports that “around 15 investors” are interested in financially backing the scheme are confirmed by Treasury Holdings, along with assurance that talks are going well and that work is scheduled to start on site by spring 2012 -
Scheduled work to start on site
January 2011
Reports that “around 15 investors” are interested in financially backing the scheme are confirmed by Treasury Holdings, along with assurance that talks are going well and that work is scheduled to start on site by spring 2012
