521 Fifth Ave. Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. will move its US headquarters to 521 Fifth Ave.

NEW YORK CITY— Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. is staying in Midtown, moving its headquarters just a couple of blocks down the street. SL Green Realty, New York City’s largest commercial property owner, signed a 10-year lease with the global investment banking and securities brokerage firm, for 20,987 square feet of office space at 521 Fifth Ave.

Laidlaw will occupy the entire 12th floor of the 39-story building. Originally built in 1928 and designed by architects Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates, the property is also known as the Lefcourt National Building. The 490,000 square-foot structure is on Fifth Avenue, between 43rd and 44th streets. SL Green Realty notes that the property has been fully redeveloped.

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Betsy Kim

Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.

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