US embassy sold to Qatari group

[dipsydoodle]

The Grade II listed US embassy building in central London has been sold to Qatari Diar, the same real estate firm which owns the Chelsea Barracks site.

The Chancery building, in Grosvenor Square, was listed in October for its modernist concrete facade, which means the new owners cannot alter its design.

The embassy will operate from the Mayfair building until its new south London embassy building is completed.

The complex in Wandsworth is expected to be completed by 2016 or 2017.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8340118.stm

Fucking hooray. At last well get completely unfettered access to Grosvenor Square again.

Nine Elms may have river access for a submarine base. :sarcasm:

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. Just upriver from MI6, too

That must make fixing the facts around the policy easier.