London-based billionaire entrepreneur Asif Aziz plans to build a three-storey Islamic centre between Soho and Piccadilly Circus
A large mosque funded by a Muslim billionaire is set to be built inside the Trocadero entertainment complex, in the centre of London’s West End.
Asif Aziz, 56, a London-based billionaire entrepreneur and the founder and Chief Executive of property company Criterion Capital, will oversee the building of a three-storey Islamic centre between Soho and Piccadilly Circus, the Daily Mail reported.
It will occupy the space that previously belonged to a Metro cinema, which shut in 2006, within the Trocadero, which was purchased in May 2005 by Mr Aziz.
The new house of prayer is expected to have a capacity of 390 worshippers.