One Curzon Street
51°30′28″N 0°08′45″W / 51.507691°N 0.145797°W
One Curzon Street is a large office block on Curzon Street in Mayfair, London.[1] It is known for hosting the offices of a number of financial services companies.[2]
Description
[edit]The offices were built between 1995 and 1998 with TP Bennett serving as architects. Built in Portland Stone,[3] the building occupies a triangular plot, with the southern face overlooking Curzon Street long and convex. Its architecture is loosely styled on that of 1930s office designs.[4]
Tenants
[edit]The buildings tenants have included the headquarters or London offices of a number of high-profile financial services companies. Among them historically are GLG Partners, UBS, AIG, Rathbones and Houlihan Lokey.[2][5][6]
It was AIG's London office in One Curzon Street that played a central role in the near bankruptcy of AIG in 2009, which would lead to their bailout during the 2008 financial crisis.[2][7][8] The office was described by reporter Peter Koenig as the "epicenter" of the global financial crisis as a whole.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "One Curzon, Mayfair". www.onecurzon.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
- 1 2 3 Clark, Andrew (2009-03-07). "Hedge fund hotel yields up secrets". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
- ↑ "Portland Stone at 1 Curzon Street | Albion Stone". www.albionstone.com. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
- ↑ Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2005). Westminster. London (Repr. with corr ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 517. ISBN 978-0-300-09595-1.
- ↑ Wilson, Harry (2011-05-17). "Rathbones Mayfair move to One Curzon Street to cost £5m". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
- ↑ Clarke, Paul (2026-08-13). "JPMorgan bolsters equity syndicate with Malek hire after BNP Paribas exit". FN London. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
- ↑ Morgenson, Gretchen (September 29, 2008). "Behind Insurer's Crisis, Blind Eye to a Web of Risk". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 15, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
- ↑ Pittman, Mark (September 29, 2008). "Goldman, Merrill Collect Billions After Fed's AIG Bailout Loans". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
- ↑ Shaylor, Jay; Pearle, Lauren; Babarovic, Tina (10 March 2009). "AIG's Small London Office May Have Lost Big". United States: ABC News. Retrieved 2010-06-08.