Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, November 26, 2018, 6:16 PM
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Google buys North Bayshore office park for $1 billion
Original post made on Nov 27, 2018
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, November 26, 2018, 6:16 PM
Comments (13)
a resident of North Bayshore
on Nov 27, 2018 at 12:29 pm
Nothing unusual. Google is on its way to drive out all small companies and local businesses in the area killing diversity on North Shoreline. Soon they will buy the Cinema too and drive all local restaurants, which are already impacted by Free meals at Google, into bankruptcy.
a resident of Jackson Park
on Nov 27, 2018 at 2:28 pm
Dan Waylonis is a registered user.
Wow that's pretty amazing -- $19M / ac. And Google is also developing in SJ around the main rail station.
a resident of Waverly Park
on Nov 27, 2018 at 2:44 pm
William Hitchens is a registered user.
Another 10+ million property tax per year on top of this year's $100 million surplus. Hope the City Govt doesn't blow it all but rather invests in long-term infrastructure.
a resident of Jackson Park
on Nov 27, 2018 at 3:03 pm
I know that progress is a good thing but not at warp speed. What is sad, that Mountain View is like Pao Alto where it is truly becoming the "Have's" and "Have-Not's." In Mountain View, if you worked in retail, restaurants, admin/clerical work, you could pay rent and live here. Now all these enormous high end 6-8 story complexes are being built that only wealthy payrolls can afford them. I was born and raised in Mountain View with three daughters to raise alone, and I was able to rent, to have food on the table. I did not live extravagantly, but daughters never went without. I could NEVER do that now. Soon, there will be no one to work restaurants or retail because they can't afford to live here. Thanks Google.
a resident of Jackson Park
on Nov 27, 2018 at 3:08 pm
Do you think housing would be more affordable without those 6-8 story complexes? If so, how much housing should we destroy in order to bring down prices enough?
a resident of Rex Manor
on Nov 27, 2018 at 8:01 pm
While this may help my home's property values I cannot express how sad this new makes me. I don't want Google taking over my home town.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Nov 27, 2018 at 10:58 pm
Google makes another smart move which will not only benefit the city of Mountain View but also further embed the town in the city.
a resident of Shoreline West
on Nov 28, 2018 at 8:31 am
This will only drive up housing costs, as all these projects meant to 'make housing more affordable' have over the last 20 years in Silicon Valley. If the City will take dramatic steps, like denying any building permit for any property that is not bound for minimum 50% low-income housing, the city will become 100% unlivable for those not making tech money. It's already 90% of the way there.
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Nov 28, 2018 at 9:24 am
If you want housing projects at 50%+ affordable, what subsidies are you willing to provide them? Higher taxes? Any higher than the current BMR rate, according to city staff, will lead to fewer houses being produced. Which do you prefer, 20 houses at 50% affordable or 100 houses at 15% affordable?
a resident of North Whisman
on Nov 28, 2018 at 6:34 pm
Great- now you've sold them the land!!
Make them take care of the traffic next. Otherwise the traffic will just become x1000 times as worse as it is now!
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Dec 1, 2018 at 5:17 pm
I don't really understand all the uproar over this. Google ALREADY occupied the buildings for several years, they simply closed on the purchase.
a resident of Monta Loma
on Dec 2, 2018 at 2:43 pm
@Mary Kay Google already owns all the small businesses in that area and acts as a landlord, including the cinema. Google had been renting the North Bayshore office park and now they purchased it. Mountain View is growing and changing, I for one am looking forward to it.
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Dec 3, 2018 at 5:30 am
Some haters are really triggered when they read that Google did something. So in this case, there was a decades old business park that has been rented to Google for years. When the owner's name on the land changed to Google, suddenly, UPROAR!
It's quite silly. You need to pick the time you get mad at Google, otherwise you look like you're not paying attention, just overreacting with a message of "Google is always bad. It's all Google's fault"
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