It was announced this week that Google had finally signed up to take the remaining 165,000 sq. ft. of space in 6 St Pancras square in Kings Cross. The scheme was a forward purchase from BNP Paribas in 2012 with part speculative and part pre-let development in planning. The transaction represented one of the highest office purchases of the year and more importantly saw Axa Real Estate develop a part speculative scheme, their first speculative scheme since the recession.