Google London Office With Running Track Wins Approval

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Google Inc., owner of the world’s largest search engine, won local government approval to build its new U.K. headquarters next to King’s Cross train station in London.

The Camden borough council unanimously approved the 85,800-square-meter (920,000 square-foot) building at a meeting late yesterday. The project on 2.4 acres (1 hectare) will have a swimming pool and a running track on the roof and space for as many as 5,000 workers, according to a filing to the borough.