{"id":14256,"date":"2025-10-15T23:11:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T23:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/gpe-gets-planning-for-reworked-london-bridge-office-revamp\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T23:11:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T23:11:59","slug":"gpe-gets-planning-for-reworked-london-bridge-office-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/gpe-gets-planning-for-reworked-london-bridge-office-revamp\/","title":{"rendered":"GPE gets planning for reworked London Bridge office revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Website design <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Southwark councillors have backed the retrofit-first redesign by Orms, which will see the existing 1980s structure retained and extended by five storeys to create an 11-storeyoffice building with landscaped roof terraces and balconies.<\/p>\n<p>The 190,000 sq ft project, previously known as New City Court, was redrawn after councillors ordered changes over the scheme\u2019s impact on nearby heritage buildings, including the grade II-listed Guy\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sola Systems Display Button (300 x 250 px) (3).gif\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>GPE will now tender the project with view to starting work in summer 2026 and finish by late 2028.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-10-15-at-07.28.58.png\" alt width=\"1428\" height=\"1092\"><\/p>\n<p>The revamp will restore the historic St Thomas Street frontage and refurbish a Georgian terrace to create affordable workspace, while reusing the original concrete frame to slash embodied carbon and construction waste.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lynch MPU Ad.jpg\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>James Shipton, senior development manager at GPE, said: \u201cWe are delighted to have secured Southwark Council\u2019s Planning Committee\u2019s resolution to grant planning permission for this transformative re-use project, which reflects our confidence in the strength of the London office market and extends GPE\u2019s investment in this prime location.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simon Whittaker, director at Orms, added: \u201cOur scheme adds to what already exists, re-using all of the concrete frame to deliver high-quality office accommodation and making significant improvements to the streetscape and greenery of the local area.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AGD-ADVERT-2023.gif\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/VACUK_V4.gif\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website design Southwark councillors have backed the retrofit-first redesign by Orms, which will see the existing 1980s structure retained and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7282,"featured_media":14257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-website"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}