Wanting for real estate, Apple may undertake 'major expansion' in San Jose - report
With a rapidly-expanding workforce and a shortage of options in the city of Cupertino, Calif., Apple is reportedly considering a "major expansion" of its corporate office and research and development facilities to neighboring San Jose.
Even the addition of Apple's new "spaceship" campus will not meet the space requirements of the company's workforce.
Apple is currently considering two sites in San Jose and could be looking for as much as 1.5 million square feet of space, according to the Silicon Valley Business Journal. Apple already has a modest presence in the city, with a relatively small office adjacent to the headquarters of Hewlett-Packard spinoff Agilent.
Among the locations said to be under consideration are 101 Tech --?part of which previously served as the corporate headquarters for seminal semiconductor firm Atmel --?and Coleman Highline, a major mixed-use development adjacent to the San Jose Earthquakes' new soccer stadium.
A move into San Jose could make sense for Apple, as more than one fourth of its workforce currently lives in the city. Late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs considered a San Jose campus in the 1980s, but Jobs was forced out before that project was realized.
Such a move could also be beneficial for San Jose as a whole, as some believe that Apple has the power to act as somewhat of an anchor tenant that would attract other firms.
"If the office and R&D developers are following Apple, or trying to guess where Apple's going to go in a meaningful way, that could have an effect," Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone told the publication.
"There are suppliers and vendors that will want to gravitate toward companies like an Apple," he added.
Apple is deep into the construction of a new, 2.8-million square foot campus in Cupertino, but that facility is only designed to house 13,000 employees. The company also occupies dozens of other buildings in Cupertino --?where it has vacuumed up as much as 60 percent of the commercial real estate, according to some estimates --?Sunnyvale, and Santa Clara.
Even the addition of Apple's new "spaceship" campus will not meet the space requirements of the company's workforce.
Apple is currently considering two sites in San Jose and could be looking for as much as 1.5 million square feet of space, according to the Silicon Valley Business Journal. Apple already has a modest presence in the city, with a relatively small office adjacent to the headquarters of Hewlett-Packard spinoff Agilent.
Among the locations said to be under consideration are 101 Tech --?part of which previously served as the corporate headquarters for seminal semiconductor firm Atmel --?and Coleman Highline, a major mixed-use development adjacent to the San Jose Earthquakes' new soccer stadium.
A move into San Jose could make sense for Apple, as more than one fourth of its workforce currently lives in the city. Late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs considered a San Jose campus in the 1980s, but Jobs was forced out before that project was realized.
Such a move could also be beneficial for San Jose as a whole, as some believe that Apple has the power to act as somewhat of an anchor tenant that would attract other firms.
"If the office and R&D developers are following Apple, or trying to guess where Apple's going to go in a meaningful way, that could have an effect," Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone told the publication.
"There are suppliers and vendors that will want to gravitate toward companies like an Apple," he added.
Apple is deep into the construction of a new, 2.8-million square foot campus in Cupertino, but that facility is only designed to house 13,000 employees. The company also occupies dozens of other buildings in Cupertino --?where it has vacuumed up as much as 60 percent of the commercial real estate, according to some estimates --?Sunnyvale, and Santa Clara.
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I know that's technically correct, but the real Hewlett-Packard IS Agilent.
Well at least they don't have the stigma of having turned the Apple 1 down five times on their record now, having split off!
- Way too much desk space in those interior shots! Cut that elbow room in half.
- Why did they have to simulate a basketball game? Oh wait, everyone at Apple works through lunch.
I know that's technically correct, but the real Hewlett-Packard IS Agilent.
Actually it's now Keysight.
Plus, with the Coleman building you save the hassles of leading to a good provider by having a food truck come each day!
Actually it's now Keysight.
I was about to make the same comment. At least "Keysight" rolls off the tongue easier than Agilent (at least for me). Still, nothing beats the cachet of "Hewlett-Packard" on (expensive) test equipment.
It's not just that California 'ain't got no water' and didn't prepare for this drought. Its highways and public schools are among the worst in the country due to dreadful special interest politics and crony politics. Some of the country's worst rich/poor gaps don't help either.
Think Detroit or Baltimore and you'll get an idea where it's headed.
Tim, too many eggs in the earthquake potential basket IMHO. Expand in Florida instead and have endless sunshine for those new solar arrays you could build. Perhaps you could lean on our current Governor while you're at it and get solar policy fixed here.
The south bay doesn't quite shake as much during an earthquake as you might expect. When we lived in San Jose during the 89' quake, not so much as a plate fell over. That epicenter was just southwest of San Jose in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Most damage is from shoddy construction and structures built on much less stable landfill.
Think Detroit or Baltimore and you'll get an idea where it's headed.
Give me a break... The whole of California is not going to end up like Detroit or Baltimore! LOL Neither will the SF Bay Area - it has survived through the growth and death of many industries, it'll continue to survive regardless of what happens.
Its highways and public schools are among the worst in the country due to dreadful special interest politics and crony politics. Some of the country's worst rich/poor gaps don't help either.
You can thank Proposition 13 for that. It's the third-rail of California politics. Fortunately, it's sunsetting soon--the people that benefitted mostly from it are going to die off.
It allowed the old-timers to "upgrade" their homes and take their previous property taxes with them. To put it simply, Old Man Herman would pay $1,000 per year, New Family Jones would pay $50,000 per year in the house next door, yet same services provided to both. However, Herman doesn't have kids to put through local school system, so he could care less about changing Prop 13's benefits (to him).
On the other hand, neighborhoods with low-property values (read: the ghetto) have crap schools, as you mention. The richie rich's love it, the poor people don't, and guess who wins in that battle.
Apple is deep into the construction of a new, 2.8-million square foot campus in Cupertino, but that facility is only designed to house 13,000 employees. The company also occupies dozens of other buildings in Cupertino --?where it has vacuumed up as much as 60 percent of the commercial real estate, according to some estimates --?Sunnyvale, and Santa Clara.
I'll keep saying it...Apple should design a scaled down version of the main spaceship campus and then standardize on that design for the construction of all future regional offices. The design of the main campus is going to be iconic and having many of their offices share that design will add to the brand.
This may be a good idea, but wouldn't they want to see how the low-rise torus works in practice first? For a year or so anyway? Also, it may need the orchard and savannah space surrounding to make sense as a glass house. So big sites would be required, if true.
Otherwise, I think the possibility that the building is another iconic product of theirs is very real, as you say.
Too many electrical storms.
Given California's dreadful...
Find a new schtick, please.
Read above.
Apple is expanding much faster than Steve imagined back in 2009.
Given California's dreadful political system, Apple would be well-advised to shift its staff, including developers, to other high-tech centers, including Raleigh, Huntsville, and Austin.
It's not just that California 'ain't got no water' and didn't prepare for this drought. Its highways and public schools are among the worst in the country due to dreadful special interest politics and crony politics. Some of the country's worst rich/poor gaps don't help either.
Think Detroit or Baltimore and you'll get an idea where it's headed.
California has plenty of water, just not enough for hamburger, almonds or cotton industrial agriculture until the snow/rains return.
Tim, too many eggs in the earthquake potential basket IMHO. Expand in Florida instead and have endless sunshine for those new solar arrays you could build. Perhaps you could lean on our current Governor while you're at it and get solar policy fixed here.
Where the hell Apple can find technical people in Florida? This is why Silicon Valley rules the States: available technical workers.
Two things:
- Way too much desk space in those interior shots! Cut that elbow room in half.
- Why did they have to simulate a basketball game? Oh wait, everyone at Apple works through lunch.
Apple works through weekends too. My friends's average hours at Apple is 10-12 hrs/day
Too many electrical storms.
and welfare immigrant...lol...