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'''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.<ref name="bbiz">{{Cite news |last1=De Paoli |first1=Lucca |last2=Halftermeyer |first2=Marion |date=30 October 2023 |title=UBS Takes Down Credit Suisse Logo From Canary Wharf Office |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-30/ubs-takes-down-credit-suisse-logo-from-canary-wharf-building |publisher=Bloomberg News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Owen |last2=Oliver |first2=Joshua |date=12 September 2023 |title=UBS kick-starts Credit Suisse exit from Canary Wharf |url=https://www.ft.com/content/4cf715ec-8260-4b1b-9a1f-95b4e9256891 |work=Financial Times}}</ref>

==Project history== Original plans called for a skyscraper on this site for Credit Suisse First Boston.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Isaac |first=Anna |date=2023-03-21 |title=Thousands of UK jobs at risk after UBS takeover of Credit Suisse |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/21/uk-jobs-risk-ubs-credit-suisse-investment-banking-london |access-date=2024-03-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

==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.<ref name=":1" />

==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.<ref name="emporis">{{Cite web|title=One Cabot Square, London {{!}} 110696 {{!}} EMPORIS|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/110696/one-cabot-square-london-united-kingdom|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201020259/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/110696/one-cabot-square-london-united-kingdom|url-status=usurped|archive-date=1 December 2016|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Emporis}}</ref>

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.<ref name="emporis"/>

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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Modern Docklands: Gazetteer of modern non-housing developments {{!}} British History Online|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols43-4/pp707-724#h3-0005|access-date=2021-06-05|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref> The building also has a two-storey arcade that is located at the base of the building. The building was renovated in 2019.<ref name="bbiz" />

==Ownership== In early 2012 it was purchased by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-01-29|title=Qatar sov fund to buy Credit Suisse London HQ-sources|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/qia-credit-suisse-idUKL5E8CT0B020120129|access-date=2020-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Credit Suisse's Canary Wharf HQ sold to Qatar Investment Authority|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/constructionandproperty/9046607/Credit-Suisses-Canary-Wharf-HQ-sold-to-Qatar-Investment-Authority.html|access-date=2020-12-04|website=The Telegraph|language=en-GB}}</ref> Subsequently, QIA considered selling it multiple times<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-06-28|title=CS Canary Wharf Office: Twists and Turns|url=https://www.finews.asia/finance/22557-credit-suisse-investment-banking-canary-wharf-qatar-investment-authority|access-date=2020-12-04|website=finews.asia|language=en-gb}}</ref> before eventually selling to KB Securities of South Korea.<ref>{{Cite web|title=£460m One Cabot sale agreed 2.5 years on|url=https://www.egi.co.uk/news/460m-one-cabot-sale-agreed-2-5-years-on/|access-date=2020-12-04|website=www.egi.co.uk}}</ref>

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.<ref name="estategazette">{{Cite web|title=QIA puts £450m Cabot Square on the block|url=https://www.estatesgazette.com/qia-puts-cabot-square-on-block/|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Estates Gazette|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Gallery == <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 </gallery>

==See also== *Canary Wharf *Credit Suisse

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commonscatinline}} * [https://group.canarywharf.com/construction/completed-projects/one-cabot-square/ Official site] {{Credit Suisse}} {{Canary Wharf}}

Category:Office buildings in London Category:Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Category:Canary Wharf buildings Category:Credit Suisse