Google's application show its second headquarters, which have caused controversy on the local housing crunch, could be bigger than expected.
Since Google first announced plans for its San Jose headquarters in 2017, it has bought more than $400 million worth of San Jose real estate and more than $1 billion in Sunnyvale. That's in addition to purchases in neighboring Mountain View and San Francisco.in Gilroy, California, where it said it will grow trees and foliage for its campuses.The San Jose project will include roughly 15 acres of parks and green space, according to the company's proposal.
The project will also include a major multi-modal transit center, which San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo has dubbed "The Grand Central Station of the West." The proposed campus will also have "flexible" roadways and public bike trails that run throughout the entire development. Google's also been trying to get the city to expand its building height limits so it can build upward, instead of outward, which would be a departure from the way Silicon Valley structures have traditionally been built.
The company is still soliciting community feedback and will undergo an environmental impact report before taking the proposal for final approval to the city council next year.
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