Battersea Power Station seemed to be in the headlines every few months a decade ago - such and such owner had pulled out, the south London site was up for sale again. But there haven't been those kind of media flashes since a consortium of Malaysian investors took over the troubled site in 2012 for the sum of ��400m. It had been virtually derelict since the power station closed in 1982. Machinery had been stripped out, its floors removed, its walls nothing but a perilous structural shell. There have been occasional protests in response to rumours that the building at the centre of those iconic chimneys might not be replaced, but other than that, if you don't live nearby, you might think nothing is going on. In fact it is a hive of activity..
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