Monday 21 January 2008

London Turnmills to Close

Turnmills — one of London's best-known and longest running nightclubs — is about to close to make room for real estate development. The sign on the out side has already been taken down.

A spokesman for Turnmills tells Evening Standard:

"As far as we are concerned our lease is still intact until any legal documents have been signed, which they haven't at this stage and the permission to develop does not mean they need vacant possession for the first phase of the building works. The long-term plan for the building and development far exceeds our existing lease. We are in negotiation with the landlords to buy us out of the remaining lease if they want to bring the development of the basement forward - which they may or may not want to do. It's very early days."