160 Tooley Street

Municipal building in London, England April 2022 April 2022 160 Tooley Street Southwark Council Offices (geograph 2727779).jpg 160 Tooley Street United Kingdom London Southwark 160 Tooley Street Bermondsey, London 51.5034 -0.0807 type:landmark_region:GB-CRY inline,title 2008 Allford Hall Monaghan Morris £42 million 160 Tooley Street is a municipal facility in Tooley Street, Bermondsey, London. It is the headquarters of Southwark London Borough Council. History The proposed development combined the refurbishment of some Victorian warehouses with the construction of a modern six-storey office block behind the warehouses.http://www.posttensioning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/PTA_SF-Tooley-Street-Office-Buidling.pdf Tooley Street Post-Tensioning Association 11 May 2020'The borough of Southwark: Introduction', in A History of the County of Surrey 4 H E Malden London 1912 125–135 British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol4/pp125-135 25 August 2020For 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.http://www.huntscycles.co.uk/Uniforms.htm Uniforms, insignia and equipment Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalions 11 May 2020http://www.hobsonuniforms.co.uk/aboutus.htm About us Hobson and Sons 11 May 2020 The site was assembled by the developer, Great Portland Estates, at a cost of £19 million in 2004https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/1096 £19 million deal for Tooley Street warehouse 9 July 2004 London SE1 11 May 2020http://europe-re.com/gpe-assembles-site-for-new-south-bank-development-uk/36372 GPE assembles site for new South Bank development Europe Real Estate 15 July 2004 11 May 2020 and the building was forward sold to UBS Global Asset Management for £94 million, before works started, in June 2006.https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/2700 Southwark Council plans move to Tooley Street offices 10 May 2007 London SE1 11 May 2020http://europe-re.com/great-portland-estates-forward-sells-tooley-street-development-for-163-94-3-million-uk/33545 Great Portland Estates forward sells Tooley Street development for £94.3 million Europe Real Estate 22 June 2006 11 May 2020 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.https://concretecentre.com/Case-Studies/160-Tooley-Street,-London.aspx 160 Tooley Street, London The Concrete Centre 11 May 2020https://www.ahmm.co.uk/assets/lib/2019/09/12/TooleyStreet_Info%20Pack_2011.pdf 160 Tooley Street: information pack Allford Hall Monaghan Morris 11 May 2020 The developer had specified that at least 10% of the building's power requirement should be capable of being met from renewable energy. Southwark London Borough Council, which had previously been based at the ageing Camberwell Town Hall, moved into the completed building, which measured 18500 m2,https://www.building.co.uk/how-arups-design-for-160-tooley-street-meets-londons-10-renewables-target/3126085.article How Arup's design for 160 Tooley Street meets London's 10% renewables target Building 3 November 2008 11 May 2020 as rental tenants in March 2009.https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/3769 Southwark Council begins move to Tooley Street offices 2 March 2009 London SE1 11 May 2020 The council acquired the freehold ownership of the building from UBS for £170 million in December 2012.http://www.sitematchlondon.com/news.html?id=3824 Southwark Cabinet approves plan to buy 160 Tooley Street 12 December 2012 Site Match London 11 May 2020https://www.propertyweek.com/london/london-council-buys-tooley-street-hq-for-170m/5047513.article London council buys Tooley Street HQ for £170m 13 December 2012 Property Week 11 May 2020 It continues to be the administrative headquarters and meeting place of Southwark London Borough Councilhttp://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/mgMeetingAttendance.aspx?ID=6087 Cabinet Meeting Attendance 5 February 2019 Southwark London Borough Council 11 May 2020 and some 2,000 council staff are based in the complex. 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.https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/6726 Camberwell war memorials rededicated in Tooley Street ceremony 27 March 2013 London SE1 11 May 2020 Notes References Category:Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Southwark Category:City and town halls in London Category:Government buildings completed in 2008