Documents seen by the Guardian show how the Corporation has dipped into its funds to buy a series of east London sites on the periphery of the square mile.

卫报所获取的资料显示伦敦金融城公司花钱购买了在金融城一平方英里土地周边的多处地块，这些地块位于伦敦东部。

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The corporation occupies about 20,000 square meter with industrial workshops covers 7,000 square meter .

公司占地面积2万平方米，拥有工业厂房7000平方米。

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The Corporation of London, the Square Mile's local authority, wants more tall buildings because it fears competition from rival financial districts and not just Frankfurt and Paris.

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But the Corporation has to pay a price for making deals outside its boundaries of the square mile.

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The city's Economic Development Corporation is finally moving forward with the Seward Park project over 1.5 million square feet of mixed-use, who-knows-what's-coming development.

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