[1][2] The building is built at 75 Maude Street, approximately 100 metres from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

The development includes street level shops as well as an above ground podium, where a swimming pool, restaurant and several other facilities are located.

[4] The entire structure cost R 2 billion and consists of 200 apartments and 11 floors of commercial office.

By late April 2018, the Leonardo was the tallest building in Sandton, exceeding the Sandton City Office tower which stands at 141 metres, and by mid April 2019, the Leonardo was topped out and was officially the tallest building in Africa until surpassed on 29 April 2019 by the Great Mosque of Algiers Tower in Algeria, standing at 264 metres (866 ft).

The Leonardo is now the fourth tallest building on the continent following the completion in 2024 of the Iconic Tower (393.8 metres (1,292 ft)) in Egypt's New Administrative Capital, and the 2023 completion of the Mohammed VI Tower (250 metres (820 ft)) in Rabat, Morocco.