Beginnings and budgetsThe Brussels-Capital Region, the executive body overseeing 19 municipalities including the capital, acquired the 40,000 sq. Their wishes were granted in 2017 when a partnership agreement was signed between the Brussel-Capital Region, the Kanal Foundation and the Centre Pompidou. Under the deal, Kanal pays the Centre Pompidou €2m annually until 2031. Political deadlockA Kanal spokesperson says that the total construction budget is expected to amount to €230m and the development is exclusively funded by the Brussels-Capital Region. And Kanal is a win, win, win, win, win project,” he says.