Posted: 9/28/2006; 9:30:11 PM 
The historic marble lined Marshall Street Baths in Soho closed 9 years ago. The Friends of Marshall Street have run a high profile campaign for its re-opening and they write today:
We are delighted to announce that contracts have been signed this week between Westminster City Council and the developer of the Marshall Street site. You may have seen this on the BBC TV breakfast news this morning or read about it in the paper.
It is undoubtedly the most positive news we have yet received on the future of the Baths and we are hopeful that this ends many years of uncertainty and concern. We have received the following statement from Westminster City Council
“I am writing to relay the good news that after months of detailed legal work and negotiations we have formally exchanged contracts with our development partner (Marshall Street Regeneration/MSR) on the Marshall Street project. A big thank you to you and all the Friends for your support in our work to return the site to public use! This is a key milestone in the history of the Baths and the council's project team and MSR look forward to continuing working together with the Friends through the planning process to regenerate the site and re-open the leisure centre to the public.”
The website update announcing the news and latest plans will be available to view shortly at: www.marshallstreet-w1.co.uk
As the Friends of Marshall Street, of course, we welcome this extremely positive news, a cause for great optimism that the Baths have begun the final stage to a reopening. Certainly we thank Marshall Street Regeneration and congratulate Westminster Council in having brought the project to this stage but not without a reminder that the ninth anniversary of the closure was passed just a few weeks ago. Our real celebrations will be reserved for the day the Baths open to the public and we have restored to us a much loved facility that the community has been deprived of for nearly a decade.
The battle is not over and we look forward to your continued support. It is only with it that we can ensure Marshall Street Baths reopen to the public before very many more years pass by.
With very best regards, The Friends of Marshall Street Leisure Centre.
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