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Friday 17 July 2015 5:01 am

What’s in the Cheesegrater? From Aon to Amlin, here’s a storey-by-storey breakdown of every business in the Leadenhall Building

By: Emma Haslett

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It may not be London's biggest building – but the Leadenhall Building, aka the Cheesegrater, still remains one of the tallest skyscrapers in the Square Mile, towering over its neighbours the Gherkin and the Walkie Talkie.
 
The 225 metre building's characteristic tapered design was created to preserve views of St Paul's Cathedral.
 
Ever wondered what's going on inside? We've put together a storey-by-storey breakdown of every occupier in the building, from Aon at the bottom, to FM Global's record-breaking letting on the 41st floor. 
 
Take a trip up the skyscraper by scrolling down – it's a lot less stomach-churning than getting in one of its 18mph lifts…




Offices 454443424140393837363534333231302928272625242322212019181716151413121110987654321

Amlin (Floor 45) TBC (Floor 42) FM Global (Floor 41) Brit Insurance (Floors 39-40) Affinity (Floor 44)

Banco Sabadell (Floors 37-38) DRW (Floor 36) TBC (Floors 34-35)

Ipsoft (Floor 31) Servcorp (Floor 30) TBC (Floors 28-29) Kames Capital (Floor 26) Rothesay Life (Floor 25) Amlin (Floors 19-24) With its offices on floors 19 to 24, insurer Amlin takes up one fifth of the total office space at the Leadenhall building.

Brit Insurance (Floors 16-18) RSHP (Floor 14) AON (Floors 4-13) Insurer Aon signed up for 10 floors at the Cheesegrater in November 2011, consolidating its four sites in London. The first 500 workers moved into the building in July 2015.

The Leadenhall Reception (Floor 2) AON Reception (Floor 1) Ground retail Restaurant – Empty (Floor 3)

Retail Receptions Restaurant 1

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The building, designed by Rogers Stirk + Harbour, has been dubbed the “Cheesegrater” because of its distinctive shape
The building stands at 224 metres high, making it the City’s tallest skyscraper
Its lifts are not for those of a weak disposition: they move at a stomach-churning 18mph
With views across the City, the top floor looks out over the Gherkin, the Walkie Talkie and the Shard
The building’s distinctive tapered shape was designed to protect views of St Paul’s Cathedral
Office space in the Leadenhall Building was more than 50 per cent let before it opened in 2014
The top floor of the building is used as an event space
Although it’s the tallest in the City, the Leadenhall Building’s 224-metre frame is dwarfed by the Shard, which stands at 309 metres
The London skyline at sunset from an upper floor
The building can be seen from all over London

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