[Former Military Chick]

Just a billion. Drop in the bucket, when we are talking about spending stateside. Of course they are selling the current embassy for a billion. Still, costs never seem to work out. BTW, how many American job's will it create? WOW.

At least they don't pay the 17% VAT.

Interesting night life to be sure.

Glad they wont move the 2 statues.

[manic4organic]

Will they have to install minarets? It is Londonistan, after all.

[Mengerian]

In this day and age, I see the necessity for embassies to be moot. They just domicile a wealthy donor to the POTUS so they can act like a figurehead in a foreign land.

[Tennessee Nana]

More than a hundred residents took out a full-page advertisement in The Times to oppose tighter measures that they said would leave the area more vulnerable to attack.
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WOW a reverse American Revolution...

[stephenjohnbanker]

Muzzies will bomb it in the first year ;-)

[Ben Mugged]

Does it have a minaret?

[GraceG]

How much is it going to cost us to employ the Frenchman dressed in medieval duds to “fart in our general direction”?

[ConfusedAndLovingIt]

... required a further $100 million of work on airconditioning ...

I would have gladly done the work on the air conditioning for only $90 million. Or even 80.

[colorado tanker]

It's a pity the Embassy must be moved. I love the location in the heart of London. It's very comforting for an American overseas to walk by and see the American eagle and flag.

[RichInOC]

I want trebuchets on the roof of that thing.

[Rebelbase]

Dang, we are back to castles and moats again.

[lack-of-trust]

FMC,

actually quite a lot of American jobs. Lots of guys and gals with security clearances will head overseas to build it. So if you are a plumber, electrician or carpenter and looking ofr a little adventure, this could be it.

PS it will be at least 2 years before construction starts.

[SunkenCiv]

The proposals were met with relief from both the present embassy's Mayfair neighbours and the residents and developers of the Battersea wasteland where the vast crystalline cube, surrounded by a moat, will be built.

This will come in handy when the Muzzies start burning down the UK. Thanks Former Military Chick.

[Windflier]

Looks like they'll be building the new US embassy on the same ugly mud flat as this place:

Y'all remember it, don't you?

[jakerobins]

Obama’s Ministry of Truth??

[HereInTheHeartland]

I was in that embassy in 2002 and met with our agricultural attache.
A staffer asked us if we had driven in from Heathrow, and we said we had. He then asked if we parked outside; close to the embassy. No we hadn’t. He said good; if you had, your car would have been destroyed up by the security folks!

[razorback-bert]

The new embassy, on a former industrial site behind Battersea power station known for its gay clubs

I think, I know why the State dept chose this site.

[ThermoNuclearWarrior]

I have seen several articles on this and some are saying it's estimated to cost $500 million while others are saying it's estimated to cost 1 billion. Does anyone know what the actual estimate is and why there are two different numbers being reported?

[americanophile]

A billion dollars? Moats? Come on. Put the damn thing underground.

[Beaten Valve]

“The new embassy, on a former industrial site behind Battersea power station known for its gay clubs..”

I wonder how many manholes they will install at this new location?

[AFreeBird]

This is one butt ugly building.