Former Tooting Constitutional Club up for sale as possible hotel development

A brownfield site that has been unoccupied for nearly five years on Tooting High Street has been put on the market for £12 million.

Commercial property advisor Colliers was instructed by LHG (London Hotel Group) to market the site.

Colliers says it has the potential for 'hotel or residential development'.

The site is made up of a number of derelict buildings, one of which was formerly Tooting Constitutional Club.

The outdoor space includes a large storage yard and bowling green.

Planning permission has been granted by Wandsworth for the construction of a 373-bedroom hotel totalling 114,440 sq ft, extending from three to six storeys in height.

This can incorporate four additional storeys of basement accommodation with an atrium lightwell.

The site also has lapsed planning for a 45-unit residential development, and as a result, is being marketed on a dual basis of hotel or residential development by Colliers.

Colin Hall, head of London Hotels Agency at Colliers, said:

"The proposed high-quality hotel will set a precedent for the wider regeneration of Tooting High Street.

"It has been designed in a contemporary style that is sympathetic to its surroundings, and will be constructed in red and grey brickwork to reflect the character of the area with graduated heights to provide a transition from neighbouring three-storey properties."

The site is in an obviously prime location of Tooting, close to Tooting Broadway underground station and in close proximity of St George's Hospital.

William Agnew, Associate Director in the Residential Development team at Colliers, said:

"Furthermore, in the last three years, Wandsworth has become one of the most welcoming London Boroughs for co-living developments, having granted consent on over 500 beds already.

"The existing planning consent for a 373-bed hotel scheme presents a strong precedent for a similarly sized conversion of the consent into design-led co-living accommodation."

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