Joint sales advisers, Knight Frank and Ernst & Young Real Estate Corporate Finance, have announced the exchange of contracts of the 39.1-acre Battersea Power Station site, the last significant piece of prime central London remaining for redevelopment.
Following a global marketing process that started in February 2012 and covered all major world wealth centres, a consortium comprising SP Setia, Sime Darby and the Employees’ Pension Fund of Malaysia have exchanged contracts on the site for £400m.
Stephan Miles-Brown, head of residential development at joint agent Knight Frank, says, ‘Throughout the six-month marketing process, which attracted investors from countries as diverse as Kazakhstan, South Africa, China, Indonesia and Brazil, we enjoyed excellent support and encouragement from all key stakeholders: in particular – the London Borough of Wandsworth, the Mayor’s office, Transport for London, and English Heritage.’
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‘We have now found a skilled and extremely professional purchaser who we feel can take on this site and produce the best result for London – the re-development of a prominent, listed building at a prime, waterfront location. The finished scheme will be the jewel in the crown of the Nine Elms Development. Knight Frank and Ernst & Young have relished their roles in selling an icon and will observe its development with great interest.’
The current planning consent has provision for 3,500 homes and 1.7 million square feet of office space, as well as for hotel and retail units. It will also provide London with two new Underground stations, as extensions from the Northern line.
