A historic Clerkenwell building used to recreate Gotham City in two Batman films is be transformed into offices.
The Farmiloe Building, the Grade II listed building in St John Street used in films such as the Dark Knight, Sherlock Holmes and Inception, will be transformed into modern new space pitched at tenants such as Amazon, which is already in the area.
The building, completed in 1868 and a former glass and leadworks, is still owned by the Farmiloe family but has been used for film shoots and events over the past decade since they moved their business to Mitcham in Surrey in 1999.
Its distinctive interior, described as “spectacular” by one property source, includes wrought-iron beams and panelled offices virtually unchanged since its Victorian heyday.
Agent DTZ has been commissioned by the Farmiloe family to find a tenant in a location where demand is swelling with the imminent arrival of Crossrail.
Under plans approved by Islington council, the interior of the Victorian building would be transformed with around 60,000 sq ft of new space.
