Google grabs another big office for $435M Bay Area cluster

"The company recently bought an office building at 4500 North First St., spokesperson Ryan Lamont told SFGATE on Tuesday, expanding its holdings in the city's northern Alviso district. The Bay Area News Group first reported the purchase based on a Friday property filing, pegging its value at $25.2 million and noting that it bumps Google's campus to nine buildings."

"The new Google office adds an additional building to what it's dubbed the "Meadow Point" campus, which it's been planning for years. Google showed off the campus's refurbished buildings and fields of native plants to San Jose Councilmember David Cohen late last year; he posted a video saying that "thousands of Googlers" would be moving in this spring."

"Beyond office space, recent permit filings indicate the installation of battery storage packs and manufacturing equipment at the campus's warehouses, which are on its northern end next to a San Jose Fire Department station. Google also has San Jose offices across Highway 237, off West Tasman Drive amid a cluster of other tech companies' buildings."

Google acquired an office building at 4500 North First Street in San Jose for $25.2 million, marking another expansion of its Bay Area presence. This purchase brings Google's San Jose campus to nine buildings, with total investments at the site exceeding $434 million over eight years. The building joins the Meadow Point campus, a multi-year development featuring refurbished buildings, native plants, and infrastructure for thousands of employees. Recent permit filings reveal battery storage installations and manufacturing equipment at warehouse facilities. Google's substantial Bay Area footprint, supported by parent company Alphabet's 190,820 employees, significantly influences regional real estate markets and office space demand.

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