They say they want to redevelop it to improve the look of Charing Cross Road! Yeah right! They are evicting three other businesses on the same block at the same time.Gaby's has a protected tenancy as he has been there since the 60s and the only way the Marquess of Salisbury and his family (for it is they!) can get him out, is by redevelopment.The landlords have specifically said that they want a Cote or a Strada as that is better for the area - again not for anyone I know. Interstingly both companies have responded that they are not interested and the MD of Cote wished us well with the Save Gaby's Deli campaign.I suspect they are getting the market rate for the existing property - which is why they want to redevelop it to get much more. After all, they only have Hatfield House, much of Bedfordshire and chunks of the West End between the Cecil family and penury, so you can quite see why a unique little Deli has to go.
Sara Nathan ● 4938d