Cyril Leonard
[citation needed] Within ten years, they opened a second office at 52 Brook Street in the West End of London during the Second World War, giving the two brothers an opportunity to begin their careers in development.Just as Simo was turning into a property-based financial conglomerate the company succumbed to a hostile takeover bid from Town and Commercial Properties.[citation needed] The physical devastation in post-war Britain's major cities had presented a financial problem for the governments of Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee.[citation needed] In addition to commercial and corporate activity, Cyril Blausten formed a business relationship with George Wimpey and through Winglaw Properties together developed and regenerated 8 acres (32,000 m2) of land on the Ilchester Estate in Abbotsbury Road and St Mary Abbots Terrace on Kensington High Street.Clients include ALSTOM, AEA Technology, Abbott Laboratories, and Royal London, and services range from investment and asset management to building and corporate consultancy, development funding and leasing.