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CK ASSET ANNOUNCES SALES LAUNCH OF POWERHOUSE AN EXCLUSIVE RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS WITHIN THE HISTORIC WALLS OF LONDON’S LAST GREAT INDUSTRIAL ICON CK Asset Holdings Limited (“CK Asset”) has announced the sales launch of Powerhouse at Chelsea Waterfront, SW10 0QD. The iconic Lots Road Power Station which had powered the London Underground for over a century has been transformed into an exceptionally rare collection of 260 apartments – the Powerhouse. When fully completed, this post-modernist masterpiece with a hallowed history will enjoy a resplendent future as London’s most refined and exclusive residential address overlooking the River Thames. Once the driving force behind the rapid expansion of modern London, Lots Road Power Station generated electricity to keep citizens on the move during the Blitz of the Second World War. The repurposing of the Power Station and the delivery of Chelsea
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Waterfront represent the most dramatic transformation in the borough in living memory. A triumph of engineering built on a scale never seen before, Powerhouse was the first of the city’s three great power stations built over a century ago and the last being redeveloped. The other two are Battersea, and Bankside (which is now better known as the Tate Modern, one of London’s premier tourist destinations). Dr Edmond Ho, Director & General Manager of Hutchison Property Group (UK) Limited, said: “This latest project being unveiled at Chelsea Waterfront - Powerhouse - is an iconic London landmark and a cathedral of the industrial age which has been rejuvenated by a world-class team of architects and designers. Taking on a revolutionary new form, Powerhouse will offer a 21st century living experience like no other in one of London’s most coveted boroughs.”
