160 Tooley Street

160 Tooley Street is a municipal facility in Tooley Street, Southwark, London. It is the headquarters of Southwark London Borough Council.

160 Tooley Street
160 Tooley Street
160 Tooley Street is located in London Borough of Southwark
160 Tooley Street
160 Tooley Street
Location within London Borough of Southwark
General information
LocationSouthwark, London
Coordinates51.5034°N 0.0807°W / 51.5034; -0.0807
Inaugurated2008
Cost£42 million
Design and construction
Architect(s)Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

History

The proposed development combined the refurbishment of some Victorian warehouses with the construction of a modern six-storey office block behind the warehouses.[1][2][lower-alpha 1] The site was assembled by the developer, Great Portland Estates, at a cost of £19 million in 2004[5][6] and the building was forward sold to UBS Global Asset Management for £94 million, before works started, in June 2006.[7][8]

The new facility was designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, built by Laing O'Rourke at a cost of £42 million and completed in June 2008.[9][10] The developer had specified that at least 10% of the building's power requirement should be capable of being met from renewable energy.[11]

Southwark London Borough Council, which had previously been based at the ageing Camberwell Town Hall, moved into the completed building, which measured 18,500 square metres (199,000 sq ft),[11] as rental tenants in March 2009.[12] The council acquired the freehold ownership of the building from UBS for £170 million in December 2012.[13][14] It continues to be the administrative headquarters and meeting place of Southwark London Borough Council[15] and some 2,000 council staff are based in the complex.[7] Memorials to council staff who had died in the First and Second World Wars, which had been recovered from Camberwell Town Hall, were rededicated by the Bishop of Southwark, Christopher Chessun, at Tooley Street in March 2013.[16]

Notes
  1. For much of the 20th century 156 to 164 Tooley Street was occupied by the head office and factory of Hobson and Sons, suppliers of military uniforms, insignia and equipment to the armed forces, before the company consolidated its operations at Thundersley in Essex.[3][4]

References
  1. "Tooley Street" (PDF). Post-Tensioning Association. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. Malden, H E (1912). "'The borough of Southwark: Introduction', in A History of the County of Surrey". London: British History Online. pp. 125–135. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. "Uniforms, insignia and equipment". Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalions. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  4. "About us". Hobson and Sons. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  5. "£19 million deal for Tooley Street warehouse". London SE1. 9 July 2004. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  6. "GPE assembles site for new South Bank development". Europe Real Estate. 15 July 2004. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  7. "Southwark Council plans move to Tooley Street offices". London SE1. 10 May 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  8. "Great Portland Estates forward sells Tooley Street development for £94.3 million". Europe Real Estate. 22 June 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  9. "160 Tooley Street, London". The Concrete Centre. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  10. "160 Tooley Street: information pack" (PDF). Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  11. "How Arup's design for 160 Tooley Street meets London's 10% renewables target". Building. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  12. "Southwark Council begins move to Tooley Street offices". London SE1. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  13. "Southwark Cabinet approves plan to buy 160 Tooley Street". Site Match London. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  14. "London council buys Tooley Street HQ for £170m". Property Week. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  15. "Cabinet Meeting Attendance". Southwark London Borough Council. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  16. "Camberwell war memorials rededicated in Tooley Street ceremony". London SE1. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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