The current Googleplex is straining at the seams and yet the company is preparing its biggest hiring surge ever, so Google decided now’s the time to build its own office space—a first for the Internet giant.
The company hired Ingenhoven Architects, a German firm that specializes in sustainable architecture, to create plans for what could be a 600,000-sf office. Google currently owns or leases about 4.3 million sf in Mountain View, according to its securities filings.
Source: Mercury News
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