Apple leases two large Cupertino office buildings across from Campus 2
Recently discovered public documents show Apple has leased two buildings at Main Street Cupertino, an upcoming mixed use development currently under construction across from Apple's Campus 2 headquarters.
Apple is leasing space in two office buildings currently under construction at Main Street Cupertino.Source: Main Street Cupertino
Apple's lease, dug up by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, was filed on Monday and covers 260,000 square feet of space spread across two large four-story office buildings at Main Street Cupertino. The project's website estimates total office space comes in at about 274,000 square feet, leaving little extra for other firms wanting to move in.
Assuming each employee requires 200 square feet of space, Apple's section of Main Street could support more than 1,300 workers, the report said. This would be in addition to Apple Campus 2, which is located just across Interstate 280 and boasts a 2.8-million-square-foot "spaceship" that can accommodate 12,000 employees, as well as ancillary structures for thousands more.
Along with offices, Main Street Cupertino will feature a hotel, apartments and ample room for retail shops.
Real estate professionals in the area have heard rumors that Apple will eventually retract into Campus 2 once construction on the massive development is complete -- CEO Tim Cook expects to move in by 2016 -- but long-term leases in surrounding areas suggest the company needs extra space beyond its forthcoming headquarters. The report specifically points to a recent sublease deal with LinkedIn that netted Apple about 424,000 square feet in Sunnyvale.
Interestingly, the report notes Devcon Construction as being Main Street's general contractor. Devcon, a big player in Silicon Valley construction, was also seen working on buildings at Apple's Sunnyvale campus, thought to be home of a secret automotive research facility.
Apple is leasing space in two office buildings currently under construction at Main Street Cupertino.Source: Main Street Cupertino
Apple's lease, dug up by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, was filed on Monday and covers 260,000 square feet of space spread across two large four-story office buildings at Main Street Cupertino. The project's website estimates total office space comes in at about 274,000 square feet, leaving little extra for other firms wanting to move in.
Assuming each employee requires 200 square feet of space, Apple's section of Main Street could support more than 1,300 workers, the report said. This would be in addition to Apple Campus 2, which is located just across Interstate 280 and boasts a 2.8-million-square-foot "spaceship" that can accommodate 12,000 employees, as well as ancillary structures for thousands more.
Along with offices, Main Street Cupertino will feature a hotel, apartments and ample room for retail shops.
Real estate professionals in the area have heard rumors that Apple will eventually retract into Campus 2 once construction on the massive development is complete -- CEO Tim Cook expects to move in by 2016 -- but long-term leases in surrounding areas suggest the company needs extra space beyond its forthcoming headquarters. The report specifically points to a recent sublease deal with LinkedIn that netted Apple about 424,000 square feet in Sunnyvale.
Interestingly, the report notes Devcon Construction as being Main Street's general contractor. Devcon, a big player in Silicon Valley construction, was also seen working on buildings at Apple's Sunnyvale campus, thought to be home of a secret automotive research facility.
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Apple basically owns Cupertino at this point.
Also, this larger complex avoids all the complexity of running smaller facilities like those on Bubb Road and Results Way.
Apple really doesn't want a bunch of tiny buildings sprayed out across Cupertino and Sunnyvale. They want larger complexes where they can control access and ensure security/privacy. This is one of the primary goals of Campus 2, and is likely the motivation for leasing this site.
Sounds like apple is growing faster than they can build it.
It could be, but I don't see any evidence of that.
I thought I read that Apple added 20k employees in 2014 alone, bringing them 100k employees. I also think it was mentioned that in 2006 they only had 20k employees in total.
It could be, but I don't see any evidence of that.
I thought I read that Apple added 20k employees in 2014 alone, bringing them 100k employees. I also think it was mentioned that in 2006 they only had 20k employees in total.
Yeah, but a good chunk of those are retail employees I suspect.
Very likely, but I can still see them needing a lot more space in Cupertino before Campus 2 is completed. I'm actually pleased to hear they are growing their staff as I feel they've been woefully understaffed for many years.
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It could be, but I don't see any evidence of that.
Duh, nobody sees unforeseen delays.
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My stance is unassailable at this point.
12/31/2016 would be pretty ambitious still for full occupancy of the spaceship. They appear to have just finished the structure for one segment out of 12 or 16; The curtain wall would take about a month (optimistically) from that point, and then they have a cold shell. Getting to a warm shell is another month, and then you typically have about 4 months of interior fit-out followed by a week or two for furniture installation. You could finish one segment per month realistically with reasonable resource allocation, but that would put you right at the end of 2016. For the highly technical spaces, you would need to add at least another month or two to get to completion.
Partial occupancy is easy though, if you are willing to put up with the mess, and if the fire marshal is ok with the separation provisions.
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1) That's one weird ass interpretation. How about looking at their stated roadmap. It would appear they are on still on the schedule they've set and we've yet to see or hear about any delays that would push their schedule back.
2) And, YES, if there are unforeseen you do see them once they appear, otherwise you wouldn't recognize them as delays.
Are you saying they can't possibly meet their currently stated deadline?
It is ambitious. With enough manpower, they can easily work on two segments at a time and shave 5-6 months, but you have all the parts to make it work. For buildings like a high-rise, you generally stagger critical component manufacturing delivery times because there isn't enough staging space on the jobsite. This just-in-time strategy makes for more efficient material handling, but if deliveries are spaced to once per month it can limit progress.
The project could have easily been impacted by the port slowdown if they are using Chinese steel as an example. Based on "normal" construction sequences, I can't imagine all the structure completed in less than 12 months, but a sufficiently motivated contractor can pull off things that I would find impossible. It all comes down to how construction was planned and what flexibility they have to run things in parallel.
The real challenges are when delays happen late in the game, or where redesign is required on a major component that is repeated frequently.
All that said, it is quite possible Apple intends to have a good portion of the space in "shell' condition when they move in, eliminating the need to do tenant fit-out now.
You lost me. Now you're saying they'll be ahead of schedule by a half a year? :???:
No one has said that delays are impossible or that delays can't happen later on. What I'm asking is what proof is there that their slated timeframes aren't capable of being met at this time. Everything seems to be on track as far as I can tell.
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(See map here: http://appleinsider.com/articles/10/11/25/apple_nabs_hps_former_98_acre_campus_in_cupertino. )
Apple is pretty much f'ed if a major natural disaster were to hit Cupertino.
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