160 Tooley Street
{{Short description|Municipal building in London, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2022}}
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| name = 160 Tooley Street
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| image = Southwark Council Offices (geograph 2727779).jpg
| caption = 160 Tooley Street
| map_type = United Kingdom London Southwark
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| location = Bermondsey, London
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| coordinates = {{Coord|51.5034|-0.0807|type:landmark_region:GB-CRY|display=inline,title}}
| inauguration_date = 2008
| architect = Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
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| cost =£42 million
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.posttensioning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/PTA_SF-Tooley-Street-Office-Buidling.pdf|title=Tooley Street|publisher=Post-Tensioning Association|accessdate=11 May 2020}}{{cite web|title='The borough of Southwark: Introduction', in A History of the County of Surrey|volume=4|first=H E |last=Malden|location=London|year=1912|pages=125–135|publisher=British History Online |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol4/pp125-135 |accessdate=25 August 2020}}{{efn|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.huntscycles.co.uk/Uniforms.htm|title=Uniforms, insignia and equipment|publisher=Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalions|accessdate=11 May 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hobsonuniforms.co.uk/aboutus.htm|title=About us|publisher=Hobson and Sons|accessdate=11 May 2020}}}} The site was assembled by the developer, Great Portland Estates, at a cost of £19 million in 2004{{cite web|url=https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/1096|title=£19 million deal for Tooley Street warehouse|date=9 July 2004|publisher=London SE1|accessdate=11 May 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://europe-re.com/gpe-assembles-site-for-new-south-bank-development-uk/36372|title=GPE assembles site for new South Bank development|publisher=Europe Real Estate|date=15 July 2004|accessdate=11 May 2020}} and the building was forward sold to UBS Global Asset Management for £94 million, before works started, in June 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/2700|title=Southwark Council plans move to Tooley Street offices|date=10 May 2007|publisher=London SE1|accessdate=11 May 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://europe-re.com/great-portland-estates-forward-sells-tooley-street-development-for-163-94-3-million-uk/33545|title=Great Portland Estates forward sells Tooley Street development for £94.3 million|publisher=Europe Real Estate|date= 22 June 2006|accessdate=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.{{cite web|url=https://concretecentre.com/Case-Studies/160-Tooley-Street,-London.aspx|title=160 Tooley Street, London|publisher=The Concrete Centre|accessdate=11 May 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ahmm.co.uk/assets/lib/2019/09/12/TooleyStreet_Info%20Pack_2011.pdf|title=160 Tooley Street: information pack|publisher=Allford Hall Monaghan Morris|accessdate=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 {{convert|18500|m2}},{{cite web|url=https://www.building.co.uk/how-arups-design-for-160-tooley-street-meets-londons-10-renewables-target/3126085.article|title=How Arup's design for 160 Tooley Street meets London's 10% renewables target|publisher=Building|date=3 November 2008|accessdate=11 May 2020}} as rental tenants in March 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/3769|title=Southwark Council begins move to Tooley Street offices|date=2 March 2009|publisher=London SE1|accessdate=11 May 2020}} The council acquired the freehold ownership of the building from UBS for £170 million in December 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.sitematchlondon.com/news.html?id=3824|title=Southwark Cabinet approves plan to buy 160 Tooley Street|date=12 December 2012|publisher=Site Match London|accessdate=11 May 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.propertyweek.com/london/london-council-buys-tooley-street-hq-for-170m/5047513.article|title=London council buys Tooley Street HQ for £170m|date=13 December 2012|publisher=Property Week|accessdate=11 May 2020}} It continues to be the administrative headquarters and meeting place of Southwark London Borough Council{{cite web|url=http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/mgMeetingAttendance.aspx?ID=6087|title=Cabinet Meeting Attendance|date=5 February 2019|publisher=Southwark London Borough Council|accessdate=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/6726|title=Camberwell war memorials rededicated in Tooley Street ceremony|date=27 March 2013|publisher=London SE1|accessdate=11 May 2020}}
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