Gaunt Francis Associates is to turn the empty Public Records Office into a library for King's College university after planners gave their approval to a £30 million scheme. It bought a 125-year lease from the Crown Estate and the 16,000m2 Chancery Lane building will have an IT centre, mezzanine and cafs.
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