[7][8] The solid facade meets the glass curtain walls in such a way as to give the impression that two different buildings have been fused together, an effect that Pelli also employed at the World Financial Center in New York City.
[3] The original tenants at 40 Bank Street were Allen & Overy and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
[13][14] Allen & Overy tested workspace concepts in 40 Bank Street prior their expansion to Bishops Square.
[15] Allen & Overy sublet two floors of the building in 2013, at £35 per sq ft.[16] In 2022, Canary Wharf Group began offering fully-fitted office space at 40 Bank Street, with Citibank being its first customer.
[17][18][19][5] In 2023, HVIVO, a research group specialising in human trials signed a ten-year lease for 39,000 square feet of office space at 40 Bank Street.