Coming into the business district, you can't fail to notice hoardings and construction work.

Like many areas of central London, the London Bridge business district will be subject to another wave of regeneration - with some of London's most prestigious developments being built here. Our Construction Support Group has been established to help manage the impact of these exciting projects. To read about the Group click here.

The map below shows some of the key construction sites in and around the Business Improvement District (BID) area (either planned or underway).



Site 1 - London Bridge Place (Sellar Property Group)

Planning permission was given in 2006 for a 600,000 sq ft (55,740 sq m) office and retail building that, along with the Shard London Bridge, will complete the London Bridge Quarter. Initially nicknamed "The Gem", London Bridge Place will provide high quality office space, with typical floors of over 30,000 sq ft (2,787 sq m) each. Access to the offices will be through an entrance lobby located on a new piazza between the building and the station entrance. New London Bridge House will be demolished to make was for the new development.
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Site 2 - Shard London Bridge (Sellar Property Group)

Currently due for completion in time for the 2012 Olympics, the 72-storey Shard will really put the London Bridge business district on the international map, being the tallest building in Europe at over 300 metres tall. Demolition of Southwark Towers and an adjoining section of London Bridge station was completed in 2008. The structural core of the Shard will start rising before the end of 2009.   
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Site 3 - 7 More London Riverside (More London Estates)

Currently being constructed, 7 More London is the last building on the More London estate to be built. Located between Tooley Street and the Thames, the development will be a 500,000 sq ft office which is due to be occupied by PricewaterhouseCoopers when completed in 2010. It is planned that a supermarket will occupy part of the site facing Tooley Street.
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Site 4 - Tooley Street Terrace (More London Estates)

This quaint block of buildings on the north side of Tooley Street has been redeveloped by More London to be an adaptable space for multiple office and retail units or one larger property for a single occupier. Red Bull moved into the building in October 2009.
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Site 5 - One Tower Bridge Road: Potters Fields coachpark / Lambeth College site (Berkeley Homes)

Landowners Southwark Council and Berkeley Homes have commissioned new designs by Squire & Partners to replace the original Ian Ritchie-designed scheme for eight towers on the prime riverside site.
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Also currently under construction, consultation or recently finished but not shown on the above map:

160 Tooley Street (Great Portland Estates) 

Completed late 2008, this 5 storey, 70,000sqm office scheme is located between Tooley Street and the railway viaduct. It became home to Southwark Council in the summer of 2009 providing the local authority with a more energy efficiant, cost saving property than the multiple sites they had previously occupied.
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Bermondsey Square (igloo Regeneration Partnership)

The Bermondsey Square development is a new mixed use community at the Long Lane end of Bermondsey Street. The Square incorporates the 11th century Bermondsey Abbey ruins and houses London's premier antiques market. It boasts a boutique hotel run by Bespoke Hotels, art house cinema, state-of-the-art apartments, bars and shops. Structural development was completed in September 2008, hotel opened April 2009. 
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London Bridge Station and Thameslink (Network Rail)

Several initiatives will make life easier for passengers. The Thameslink Programme will deliver more trains, new direct journey opportunities and longer trains across the Thameslink route. This will alllow more people to access London Bridge and help the area's growth. Network Rail will improve the old Victorian track layout around the station. A new two track viaduct will be constructed over Borough Market, easing congestion and enabling more trains to travel north-south through London during peak times and the entire Station will be redeveloped to create a state of the art gateway to London Bridge.
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To read about the London Bridge Construction Support Group please click here.

To download Southwark Council's Supplementry Planning Document (SPD) for the area please click here.

To view recent planning applications in the SE1 area visit the London SE1 Community Website