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1 Cabot Square

Field	Value
name	1 Cabot Square
image	1CabotSquare.jpg
caption	1 Cabot Square
status	Operational
completion_date	1991
building_type	Commercial
location	Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, England
coordinates
architectural_style	Post-modern
roof	89 m
floor_count	21
floor_area	50166 m2
elevator_count	36
architect	Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
references

1 Cabot Square (also known as the Credit Suisse building), is a 21-floor office building in Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, England. From its completion in 1991 until 2023, the building's primary tenant was Credit Suisse.

Project history

Original plans called for a skyscraper on this site for Credit Suisse First Boston.

Architect

The architect on the project was Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, and the building was completed in 1991. The project had two management contractors Ellis Don and Sir Robert McAlpine.

Architecture

It is 89 metres tall (292 feet), with a floorspace of 50,166 square metres (164,587 square feet).

The building has large, open plates on the floor, that range in size from 64,500 square feet to 24,000 square feet in the executive offices.

It is internally connected to the west, to 20 Columbus Courtyard, which is also connected to a full-height internal link to the north, 17 Columbus Courtyard.

The building was the second largest building located at Canary Wharf, behind the Canary Wharf Tower. The Credit Suisse building has 18 storeys with an additional two storeys of plant at the top. The building also has a two-storey arcade that is located at the base of the building. The building was renovated in 2019.

Ownership

In early 2012 it was purchased by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Subsequently, QIA considered selling it multiple times before eventually selling to KB Securities of South Korea.

The building is leased to Credit Suisse for around 20 years and part of Canary Wharf, of which QIA bought a majority in a joint venture with Brookfield Properties in 2015.

Gallery

File:1 Cabot Square with One Canada Square from Westfery Circus in London Borough of Tower Hamlets, spring 2013.jpg|1 Cabot Square with One Canada Square from Westfery Circus File:London MMB «B5 West India Quay and 1 Cabot Square.jpg|1 Cabot Square at night File:Canary Wharf - Credit Suisse.jpg|Detail of the building

References

"1 Cabot Square".
(30 October 2023). "UBS Takes Down Credit Suisse Logo From Canary Wharf Office". Bloomberg News.
(12 September 2023). "UBS kick-starts Credit Suisse exit from Canary Wharf". Financial Times.
Isaac, Anna. (2023-03-21). "Thousands of UK jobs at risk after UBS takeover of Credit Suisse". [[The Guardian]].
"One Cabot Square, London {{!}} 110696 {{!}} EMPORIS".
"Modern Docklands: Gazetteer of modern non-housing developments {{!}} British History Online".
(2012-01-29). "Qatar sov fund to buy Credit Suisse London HQ-sources". [[Reuters]].
"Credit Suisse's Canary Wharf HQ sold to Qatar Investment Authority".
(2016-06-28). "CS Canary Wharf Office: Twists and Turns".
"£460m One Cabot sale agreed 2.5 years on".
"QIA puts £450m Cabot Square on the block".

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