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I'd say the Camelot occupation is a bit different to the housing estate occupations since its a protest against guardian companies in a building owned by a business. The likelihood of the building being squatted for a long time is almost nil so it's not ideal as temporary housing.
The estate occupations were obviously to try to defend long term tenants from being evicted, a lot of the time, by councils who didn't offer people enough support or further options. I think it's hard to compare the two.
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All I can gather is that the terms do not give 'full tenant rights', but isn't this abundantly apparent to anyone becoming a guardian?
It is a £3m office- I'm going to assume there is a lot of space, is 12 the maximum occupancy? Is there an opportunity for other homeless people to join and make it a residence for a while? If so how will they decide if someone merits some space in the same building with them?
Other recent 'media worthy' squat setups on empty estates put this effort to shame.