Benefits of the Scheme

• mixed use development providing the efficient use of a currently derelict brownfield site

• bringing the Grade II* listed Exhibition Building back into a use that has a natural empathy with the building’s original purpose and as a result removing the building from English Heritage’s “At risk register”;

• creation of a new cultural flagship for the Royal Borough contributing to the revitalisation of Kensington High Street and the potential to develop a cluster of creative industries;

• 400,000 visitors to the Exhibition Building generating an estimated additional £6 million in spending locally;

• educational programmes with local schools in creative and applied arts to promote young talent as well as community outreach and family programmes

• optimising local employment and skill development opportunities during the construction phase and for the3 longer term in the Exhibition Building and the management and maintenance of the estate;

• major contribution to housing delivery in the Borough, through provision of high quality family housing;

• creation an attractive public piazza and active frontages on to Kensington High Street;

• landscaping to improve the visual integration to unite the Exhibition Building with Holland Park and improving linkages to the park;

• range of other benefits, including public art; a feasibility and design study for potential improvements to Holland Park; contribution to a tourism and marketing strategy for Kensington High Street, and provision for cyclists.