Billionaire needs to show London’s iconic Trocadero right into a mosque

A Muslim billionaire needs to show the Trocadero leisure advanced, within the centre of London’s West End, right into a three-story mosque and Islamic centre.

Asift Aziz, 56, founder and Chief Executive of property firm Criterion Capital, is behind the plan. It will take the place of a Metro cinema, which closed in 2006.

Aziz, a London-based billionaire entrepreneur, purchased the Trocadero in 2005. It was as soon as residence to the London Pavilion Theatre and later, SegaWorld – and the UK’s first 3D IMAX cinema, which was sponsored by Pepsi.

Aziz plans to create a mosque with a capability for 390 worshippers within the Coventry Street constructing Located between Soho and Piccadilly Circus, it’s famend for its ornate baroque façade.

It comes after earlier makes an attempt to construct a mosque with capability for 1,000 folks have been pulled in 2020 following complaints.

Conservative councillor Matthew Green informed the BBC on the time that some feedback objecting to the proposal have been racist, hateful and “utterly repellant”. Far-right group Britain First organised a petition in opposition to the proposal.

However, a planning utility for a smaller improvement was authorized by Westminster City Council on the finish of May this yr. A council spokesperson informed the Mail on Sunday: “A planning application by the Aziz Foundation to convert a part of the London Trocadero was approved by the council’s planning committee in May 2023.”

Aziz has a property portfolio of greater than £2 billion, and owns round 40 London properties.