In what will likely be the most talked about San Jose commercial real-estate deal for months, Apple is leasing the 300,000 SQFT 101 Tech campus in North San Jose! This is a two-story building formerly used by Atmel that has huge 150,000 SQFT floor plates that tech companies seem to love these days. The property was substantially renovated with skylights, outdoor amenity space, and a new facade. Next door... 12 acres of land already approved for 665,000 SQFT of new office space. Perhaps Apple will snap that up as well.
It is still unclear which department Apple will choose to locate here. I'm going to speculate a new project, like Apple's future electric cars. The location is pretty close to Tesla and many of the companies that Tesla is sourcing components from (FYI, Tesla is looking at San Jose office space as well). What is clear, is that this will have a huge branding impact on San Jose. Could this be the deal that opens up the floodgates for even more tech companies to invest in San Jose?
Not a surprise (it's been rumored for months) but great news nevertheless. We certainly have the room to accommodate these big guys all along North 1st street with the existing inventory plus what's currently planned (Boston Properties, n1 Campus, etc). Telsa would be a superb catch if that's on the cards.
Not a surprise (it's been rumored for months) but great news nevertheless. We certainly have the room to accommodate these big guys all along North 1st street with the existing inventory plus what's currently planned (Boston Properties, n1 Campus, etc). Telsa would be a superb catch if that's on the cards.
ReplyDeleteAwesome news! Glad the rumors were true!
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