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AXA Real Estate Investments announced the deal on behalf of its client, the Co-operative Insurance Society, and said Genesis will take the entire 60,000 square feet of office space being prepared at One St Paul’s in central London.
The offices at One St Paul’s form part of a broader mixed-use development that will make residential and hospitality space available nearby.
Genesis, which is a subsidiary of the Technip Group, has said it intends to make the City of London offices its international headquarters and its only office base in London. The terms of the tenancy agreement sign the company up to the site for the next 15 years.
“The letting to Genesis marks the successful conclusion of a two-year plan to reposition this building into a prime mixed-use scheme,” remarked AXA Real Estate’s UK director of development.
“The new headquarters will accommodate all of our London staff in one building and has the flexibility to meet our anticipated growth,” added Genesis’ managing director John Cambridge. “The flagship headquarters, in the area of St. Paul’s Cathedral in central London, is a confident statement of intent for the future of our company,” he said.
Earlier this month, AXA Real Estate announced that its Tokyo office property fund recently agreed to purchase a building called the Shinjuku Sanchome in central Tokyo for a total of 10 billion Yen, which equates to around £70 million. The site covers roughly 49,000 square feet of commercial space.
Editor’s Notes – In April 2023, the company, which was founded in 1988, was still in occupation at One. St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AP.
The company operates out of 12 office locations globally and employs over 1,000 people.
In October 2025, it was reported that the company, trading as Genesis, had moved its London offices to 100 Fetter Lane, also known as Edenica.
The sustainable office is fully electric and operationally net zero. It was also the first new building in London to adopt materials passports, setting a new benchmark for commercial developments across the UK. Over 80 per cent of the materials used in its construction have been digitally logged, enabling efficient maintenance and supporting the reuse of components in future redevelopments.
As of November 2026, over 80 per cent was let, with 18,000 square feet available to rent across three floors.