A British Mini enthusiast and his father want to save the building that used to house the Cooper Car Company. *Kyle Stanger has started a project called “Save the Home of the Cooper” to purchase the building located in*Surbiton, England. He has a daunting task trying to raise more than*£1,200,000 ($1,858,840), but perhaps with enough […] More...
The money to buy this building is probably peanuts to BMW/MINI... They should buy the historic place and turn it into a MINI / Museum... They probably spent more on thisMINI Unveils Tiny Electric 'Citysurfer' Scooter That Fits in Your Trunk | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building, which never went into production...
That's a surprisingly small building (especially for 1.8 million dollars). I didn't read or watch far enough to see what they wanted to do with the building. Museum?
"We would like to turn this building into an Education Centre and Community Garage for Adults and young people with a Motorsport Qualification and other Automotive Qualifications. On top of this we would like to offer a meeting place (Eg ‘The Cooper Cafe’). A place for [M]ini and Classic Car owners to meet and share their common love of everything fast and Classic. A place where the old can reminisce and the young can learn." Heres a link to the realty company Property Details for Former Metropolitan Police Premises, Hollyfield Road, Surbiton, KT5 9AL | Bonsors I also think BMW/MINI should step up and help.
