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8 Canada Square (also known as HSBC Group Head Office, or HSBC Tower) is another skyscraper in Canary Wharf in the London Docklands. The building serves as the international headquarters for HSBC Group, the world's fourth largest bank (by total assets) and houses around 8,000 staff.
The tower was designed by Sir Norman Foster's team of architects. Construction began in 1999 and was completed in 2002. There are 42 floors in the 200 metre high tower, the joint second largest in theUK (with the Citigroup Centre). Standing alongside the HSBC Tower are 1 Canada Square (known popularly as Canary Wharf) - already mentioned; and the Citigroup Centre. It is also next door to Bank of America. The tower is not open to the public.
Last April, it became the first building in Britain to be sold for more than £1 bn. The tower was sold to Spanish property company Metrovacesa.

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