I spy tenants for Millbank ref urb

摘要

A decade into a debate on ways to restore the Palace of Westminster, the grand and good greyheads in charge will be gratified to learn the passage of time has opened up a new decant option. Room enough for 1,500 displaced parliamentary staff will become available at 7 Millbank in two or three years. Spooks at M15 will presumably be aware that when the knackered Westminster House - the stone and now-rusting steel offices built in 1915 for British American Tobacco - is rebuilt, it could also be used to house more spies, down the road from their present HQ. Few outsiders have been aware until this week of the £160m plans to gut and rebuild one of the only privately owned blocks on Millbank. The restoration will provide 130,000 sq ft of space behind rebuilt facades. Last week, the Make Architects scheme surfaced on Westminster City Council website.