Google buys London office building for £730m

By Carl Brown2022-01-14T08:56:00

Tech giant backs return to office working with plan to increase capacity for expanding UK staff

Google has bought the 15-storey Central Saint Giles development in central London which contains some of its UK offices for £730m ($1bn)

The tech giant, which already rents around 40% of the Renzo Piano-designed building near Oxford Street, has agreed a deal to buy the development from Legal & General Group and Mitsubishi Estate.

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