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It was hailed as Britain's hippest nightclub when it opened its doors in 1991 and still attracts 300,000 revellers a year.
But the Ministry of Sound in South London now faces closure in a plan to sell off the site to make way for luxury flats.
A consortium of companies that owns the 1.34-acre freehold site in Southwark where the former warehouse stands has put the land up for sale for £50million.
As the club's lease runs out in September next year, it's likely the developers who buy the land will see the venue as an obstruction to plans to build an apartment block.
Launched by Eton-educated entrepreneur James Palumbo (now Lord Palumbo of Southwark) in 1991, the Ministry of Sound is where some of the world's
