In August 2012, Botterill and his cabinet agreed to sell the land on which two housing estates stood, at West Kensington and Gibbs Green, to a subsidiary of the developer Capco for £105m, and permission was also given for the Earls Court Exhibition Centre to be demolished, as part of a project to create a new 77-acre high-rise urban quarter.Dave Hill, "Boris Johnson allies press ahead with controversial Earls Court redevelopment", The Guardian, 11 September 2012, accessed 25 April 2021 In 2013, Botterill continued to promote the £8 billion redevelopment of Earl's Court and welcomed the decision of Eric Pickles not to call the plans in for a Planning Inspectorate hearing.Adam Courtney, "Furious opponents slam 'unlawful' Earls Court project as Secretary of State gives go ahead to £8bn project", mylondon.news, 27 August 2013, accessed 25 April 2021
