Meta has recently opened its new London offices at King’s Cross, following a three-year build and fit-out.

Their new office at 11-21 Canal Reach is the Estate’s largest office building with a capacity of 4,000 employees.

11-21 Canal Reach comprises 425,000 sq ft of grade-A office space and is one of the lowest embodied carbon buildings on the estate per sq ft.

Designed by architects Bennetts Associates, the two buildings feature 42,000 sq ft of landscaped roof gardens and terraces with views over central London, promoting employee wellbeing as well as local biodiversity.

Meta will soon occupy more than 620,000 sq ft of commercial space across King's Cross when it takes occupation of 10 Lewis Cubitt Square later in the spring, providing up to 5,000 workstations for its staff in total.

Steve Hatch, Vice President Northern Europe at Meta, commented: “London is already our largest tech hub outside of the US and our new campus will now be home to thousands of high-skilled engineers. Our teams here are building innovative technologies to connect billions of people around the world and help small businesses grow, while also keeping our services safe.”

Helen Causer, office lead at King’s Cross, said: “Our workplace routines have been turned upside down during the past two years and that makes the arrival of the first Meta employees at King’s Cross even more exciting. It reaffirms our view, and one that is shared by Meta, that the best spaces and places will always play a vital role in culture, connectivity and creativity and are fundamental to how our customers do business. This is an important milestone for the estate as well as London’s post-pandemic recovery.”