04 Jan West King Street redevelopment
The demolition phase of the new Civic Campus in West King Street is now complete.
The Town Hall Extension has been demolished down to the ground floor foundations, with the ground floor slab shortly to be completed.
The Quaker Friends Meeting House and the old Registry Office have also been removed. These works mean that the listed Town hall is now visible from King Street for the first time in half a century, and the most disruptive part of the project has been completed.
When complete, the Civic Campus scheme will see the following:
- a new four-screen cinema, with room for cafes, shops and restaurants built on the existing cinema and car park site
- 204 new homes for local residents of which 52 per cent will be genuinely affordable
- new performance space for an orchestra and other performances
- a new public rooftop bar and café
- new affordable, flexible office spaces for local start-up entrepreneurs
- new homework spaces for children and students
- inclusively designed buildings to ensure full access for disabled people
- eco-friendly buildings to minimise our carbon footprint and cut fuel bills.
- public art gallery space
- a new public square
- significantly better value office space.
The scheme, which was voted the People’s Choice Winner in the New London Architecture (NLA) Awards 2020, will take three years to complete. The NLA’s annual awards seek projects of the highest design quality which make a positive contribution to their surroundings, and to life in the capital.
For any enquiries about the project: NewTownHallScheme@lbhf.gov.uk