Progress made on Apple's potential second Cupertino campus
In the works for years, Apple's new campus in Cupertino, Calif., was finally given preliminary approval this week, potentially paving the way for the company to expand to a new 7.78 acre property.
The Cupertino Planning Commission unanimously voted Monday to rezone the property along Pruneridge Avenue to the category of planned development industrial and residential, according to Los Angeles Daily News. Last April, Apple was unsuccessful in obtaining the same rezoning.
"Some commissioners wanted a more definitive proposal from Apple before rezoning a prime piece of residential land. The new zoning allows for both office and residential use," the report said. "The site, which is south of the Hewlett-Packard campus, houses two office buildings currently occupied by Apple employees."
Apple purchased the property in 2006, but at that point it had been previously rezoned by the city to clear the way for a 130-acre condominium project. Michael Foulkes with Apple denied to the Daily News that Apple intends to build a campus on the site. Right now, he said, the company is just trying to assess its options.
But the 7.78 acre property is one of a number the company purchased with the original intent of building a 50-acre campus.
In 2006, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs himself appeared at a Cupertino City Council meeting and explained that his company's growth has forced it to expand to buildings that are far away from the Apple campus.
"What's happened at Apple is that our business has basically tripled in the last five or six years," Jobs said more than three years ago to the council. "And what that's meant, is that our headcount in Cupertino has dramatically expanded."
Jobs said, at the time, that Apple planned to level the buildings located on the 50-acre lot to form what would eventually become the company's second home, about a mile away from its current headquarters. In 2006, it was said that it would take three to four years to design and build the campus, which would house 3,000 to 3,500 employees.
Since that meeting, though, the plans have fallen behind schedule, as Apple failed to gain the necessary approvals to move forward. But this week's approval would seem to suggest the new campus is once again a possibility.
The Cupertino Planning Commission unanimously voted Monday to rezone the property along Pruneridge Avenue to the category of planned development industrial and residential, according to Los Angeles Daily News. Last April, Apple was unsuccessful in obtaining the same rezoning.
"Some commissioners wanted a more definitive proposal from Apple before rezoning a prime piece of residential land. The new zoning allows for both office and residential use," the report said. "The site, which is south of the Hewlett-Packard campus, houses two office buildings currently occupied by Apple employees."
Apple purchased the property in 2006, but at that point it had been previously rezoned by the city to clear the way for a 130-acre condominium project. Michael Foulkes with Apple denied to the Daily News that Apple intends to build a campus on the site. Right now, he said, the company is just trying to assess its options.
But the 7.78 acre property is one of a number the company purchased with the original intent of building a 50-acre campus.
In 2006, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs himself appeared at a Cupertino City Council meeting and explained that his company's growth has forced it to expand to buildings that are far away from the Apple campus.
"What's happened at Apple is that our business has basically tripled in the last five or six years," Jobs said more than three years ago to the council. "And what that's meant, is that our headcount in Cupertino has dramatically expanded."
Jobs said, at the time, that Apple planned to level the buildings located on the 50-acre lot to form what would eventually become the company's second home, about a mile away from its current headquarters. In 2006, it was said that it would take three to four years to design and build the campus, which would house 3,000 to 3,500 employees.
Since that meeting, though, the plans have fallen behind schedule, as Apple failed to gain the necessary approvals to move forward. But this week's approval would seem to suggest the new campus is once again a possibility.
Comments
What is a campus?
What is a dictionary?
What is a campus?
This is the result of people losing their minds to be first in line!
What is a dictionary?
Look how smart you are!
What is a campus?
That's California talk for an industrial (office)park.
What is a campus?
That's like the equivalent of being called a "guest" in a Starbucks line rather than a customer.
Look how smart you are!
You know, if someone asked about something complex or technical, I would agree with your point. But asking for a definition that is one control-click away does not advance the state of knowledge here.
And remember: Give a man a fish, and he eats for one day. Teach a man to fish, and the whole office becomes a lot quieter on Friday afternoons.
You know, if someone asked about something complex or technical, I would agree with your point. But asking for a definition that is one control-click away does not advance the state of knowledge here.
I agree. It?s a single word that would take less time to look up than it would to ask the question in a forum.
What is a campus?
A bunch of buildings, usually with some parkland or gardens in between, and a few parking lots.
It's like a University campus. You have a bunch of buildings which may be connected by walkways, with greenspace in between. It's sometimes like a small city, with cafeterias, banks, residences, classrooms, halls, libraries, separate colleges, etc, game rooms, bars, etc.
Business campuses usually involve office buildings, research buildings, manufacturing, etc...
I can't understand why Apple doesn't expand its current campus by buying up neighbours or move to a different location, e.g. the Hewlett-Packard campus.
I hear Redmond has some excellent office space available in a prime location.
Correction, never mind it is in cupertino so still a short drive away.
I thought their new campus was well into design at this point. Odd.
Is it still going to be 50 acres?
Make it happen Apple!!
I hear Redmond has some excellent office space available in a prime location.
ahah, great post, but I heard it has a rather foul armpit ambience to it.
Companies like Google and Apple use the word campus to disguise the fact that they are really billion dollar publicly traded commercial companies.
Really? This term has been around for decades as a description of large corporate office complexes, especially in the technology industry. It isn't meant to disguise anything AFAIK, and if it is, it certainly isn't working.
Really? This term has been around for decades as a description of large corporate office complexes, especially in the technology industry.
Yeah, and that's the reason. Don't be surprised, don't be so naive.
Companies like Google and Apple use the word campus to disguise the fact that they are really billion dollar publicly traded commercial companies.
Is it still going to be 50 acres?
Yeah, and that's the reason. Don't be surprised, don't be so naive.
Why would companies reveal how big and powerful they are in every single way expect when it comes to the technical nomenclature of their complex? That makes no sense.
I?d wager that it?s the intra/internet that made this term popular. Computer networks starting with government and then moving to university. Multiple networks between buildings all under the same overall administration but often with separate support and access were not a LANs or WANs. It seems obvious that these LANs all within a relatively small geographic location would be called a Campus Area Network (CAN). Less often used and more accurately for spanning between a larger, yet smaller geographic area but with geographic areas in between not connected to the CAN or LAN were called Metropolitan Area Networks.
I see no skullduggery here with the naming. Hell, Google calls their main site the Googleplex. Not exactly a name you want if you are trying to be humble.
Companies like Google and Apple use the word campus to disguise the fact that they are really billion dollar publicly traded commercial companies.
That's funny, the government has campuses. Universities have campuses. Hospitals have campuses.
Me thinks you are reaching into a very odd place with your comment.