London council puts call out for firms to bid for £66m tower block revamp
Southwark council is inviting contractors to bid for the contract to refurbish the Maydew residential tower block in the borough and top the building with five new floors to house 24 new flats for sale.
The London council said the works contract, estimated to be worth around £66m, would also include the demolition of a neighbouring building, the Bede communities centre, where the local authority planned to build a new block of 87 council homes.
Both the new complex replacing the existing Bede centre with a new community facility and the Maydew revamp were designed by London architect Haworth Tompkins which has worked on a number of other residential schemes including Network Wembley in north London and Peabody Avenue in Pimlico.
The Maydew redevelopment was granted planning permission last year after residents had been required to leave the building, which originally featured 144 council flats across 24 storeys.
Maydew House has lain empty for around four years, after the council issued compulsory purchase orders in 2012 against a number of leaseholders living in the tower block.
Southwark has previously stated that 49% of the refurbished flats – 70 – would also be sold off, while 12 of the remaining refurbished homes would be set aside for “decanted” residents who had opted to return once the work was complete.
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