• As HSBC quits and hybrid working stays, is this the end for Canary Wharf?

    As HSBC quits and hybrid working stays, is this the end for Canary Wharf?
    The bank will leave London’s Docklands in 2027, and others will follow as need for office space reduces and staff seek better work environmentsJust over 20 years ago, HSBC moved into its new headquarters in the former docklands area of Canary Wharf in London, a silvery tower designed by the leading architects Foster + Partners that was then the second tallest in Britain. It was a financial factory for 8,500 workers, built with precisely the dimensions and the regularity, as well as what wa

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