Former Hindu temple set to become student housing – London
Councillors approved plans to demolish a high street parade and build a hotel, new shops and student housing.
The planning committee passed through the plans for the refurbishment of the 1920s former Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (RACS) building in Upper Tooting Road, Tooting.
Four new shops, a hotel with 83 bedroom and 75 rooms for students will be created, while the art-deco façade of the RACS building, first built in 1923, will be restored …