Google’s Kirkland expansion plans to be cut by 1/3
Google’s planned expansion into the 7.2 acre, three building site on Sixth Street is the latest casualty of the tough economic climate. The software giant plans to sublease a third of the new complex overlooking Lake Washington.
The Seattle Times reports that Google recently listed one of the three buildings at Lakeview Plaza for sublease. The listing is available on Officespace.com.
The 63,000 square foot building includes showers in the garage for bicyclists and views of the lake.
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The paper also notes that Google is vacating its current Eastside office space near the downtown post office. When Google’s campus was planned, before the market turned, Google was expanding its Seattle-area presence by 100 percent a year. It is still growing here, just at a slower pace. Google could still occupy the entire campus eventually if growth in the Seattle-area reaches earlier projections
Google, like its rival in Redmond, has avoided the layoffs as seen at Yahoo! and some other hi-tech companies.
Jane Penner, spokesman for the company was quoted as saying, “The overarching point is we are definitely still hiring and there’s no hiring freeze.”
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This is different from what I was told about a month ago. At that time Google was planning to remain in their current offices and also expand to the new campus.
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Looks like Google is cutting back ever more and looking to sublet even more space according to the article in the Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/brierdudley/2008546909_brier22.html
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This could actually be an opportunity for the city to step in and try to keep Bungie. I thought (and I could be misinformed) that one reason Bungie was leaving was not enough room and that previously the space Google was offering was not enough. The Economic Development officer for Kirkland could contact both parties to see if there is anything the city could do to make it work so that Bungie would stay. That would be a win all around and show real economic development leadership from the city. Just a thought.
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