King's Cross Square to open fully in September

The £550m redevelopment of London’s King's Cross station is entering its final stage, with the completion of the 25,000sq ft public space outside it.

The BBC reports that King's Cross Square, which will include an area dedicated to public art, will open fully next month.
The square will reveal the original façade of the station for the first time in 150 years.

The redevelopment of the station area has led to one of the largest regeneration schemes in Europe, with 67 acres of brownfield land being redeveloped to create eight million sq ft of offices, retail and housing.

An estimated 150,000 people a day, or 28 million a year, go through the railway station.

David Higgins, Network Rail chief executive, said the new square would be impressive.

'It is the last piece in the jigsaw which has led to more than £2.2bn of private investment transforming the area into an exciting centre for business, knowledge and the arts of which the capital can be proud,' he said.