Demolition of a former car showroom to make way for the £50 million Jewish Community Centre for London - British Jewry's biggest ever capital project - is due to begin this month.

Demolition experts will erect hoardings around the old Mercedes showroom on London's Finchley Road before starting the lengthy deconstruction process.

The new 80,000 sq ft JCC will cater for Jews across the religious and political spectrum and is due to open in 2013.