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HSBC set to exit Canary Wharf HQ in a move to downsize

The move marks a pullback on space to 556,000 square feet, which is about half the size of HSBC's current 45-floor tower at 8 Canada Square

HSBC's Canary Wharf premises house around 8,000 staff when all are in, but this has dropped amid the bank’s post-pandemic embrace of a hybrid working culture
HSBC's Canary Wharf premises house around 8,000 staff when all are in, but this has dropped amid the bank’s post-pandemic embrace of a hybrid working culture Photo: Getty Images

HSBC is expected to tell staff today that it will downsize and quit its Canary Wharf headquarters where it has held its main UK presence for more than two decades.

The bank is planning to move to the refurbished former BT office, located in the vicinity of St Paul’s, marking a pullback on space to 556,000 square feet, which is about half the size of its current 45-floor tower at 8 Canada Square.

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