8 Canada Square - Key Facts

Key Facts

• Office space — 102,190 square metres (1,100,000 sq ft).
• Floors — 42 above ground.
• Staff restaurant — 850 seater facility is the largest of its kind in Europe, serving around 2,500 meals daily.
• Concrete — 180,000 tonnes.
• Steel — 14,000 tonnes.
• Glass — 45,000 square metres or 484,200 square feet (44,980 m2).
• The building was sold in 2007 to Spanish real-estate firm Metrovacesa for £1.09 billion. It is the biggest ever property deal in British history.
• HSBC had bought back the tower from Metrovacesa for £838 million in 2008, but sold it to the National Pension Service of Korea in 2009.