<P> In 2008, the Metropolitan Police Authority bought the freehold of the building for around £ 120 million . </P> <P> In May 2013 the Metropolitan Police confirmed that the New Scotland Yard building on Broadway would be sold and the force's headquarters would be moved back to the Curtis Green Building (51 ° 30 ′ 10" N 0 ° 07 ′ 28" W ﻿ / ﻿ 51.50280 ° N 0.12435 ° W ﻿ / 51.50280; - 0.12435 ﻿ (Scotland Yard (announced fourth location for 2015))) on the Victoria Embankment, which would be renamed Scotland Yard . A competition was announced for architects to redesign the building prior to the Metropolitan Police moving to it in 2015 . This building housed the Territorial Policing headquarters and is adjacent to the original "New Scotland Yard" (Norman Shaw North Building). </P> <P> In December 2014, ahead of the move to the Embankment, the Metropolitan Police sold the then--New Scotland Yard building to Abu Dhabi Financial Group for £ 370 million . </P> <P> In December 2015, construction work on the exterior of the Curtis Green building was completed . On 31 October 2016, the Metropolitan Police staff left New Scotland Yard--when ownership of the building was passed to Abu Dhabi Financial Group--and moved to their new headquarters on the Embankment . The new New Scotland Yard building was to be formally opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 23 March 2017, but that same day it was announced that the Royal opening would be postponed, due to the preceding day's terrorist attack at Westminster . </P>

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