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TIL Renovation of the historical Battersea Power station in London cost £9bn (USD 10.8bn). It has luxury apartments, hotel, restaurants, and a roof top pool. One chimney has a glass elevator (lift 109) going to the top. Hotel rooms have vinyl record players, and of course Pink Floyd's Animals!

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