Crossrail, the largest infrastructure project in Europe which will ease the burden on London's crowded underground rail network, has reached the half-way stage.
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The firm bought the 87,444-sq ft feet property -- 22, Hanover Square -- from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (part of Aberdeen Asset Management), which had put the building up for sale in April through consultancy firm H2SO.
Caution prevailed across the bourses ahead of the Union Budget.