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After a pause last year, Google announced Thursday that it will spend $7 billion on real estate in 2021. That money is going to be used to expand and build out space in 19 states.  Some of that is going toward data centers, further building out its cloud business. But that real estate is also going toward office space – adding room for thousands of hires in cities such as Atlanta and Chicago and opening new offices in Texas and Mississippi.  Google CEO… Source link

The coronavirus pandemic and remote work aren’t slowing Google’s massive real estate expansion in California. The tech giant plans to invest more than $1 billion on office projects in the state this year, a sharp contrast to the dozens of tech companies that are slashing their real estate. “I believe a lasting economic recovery will come from local communities, and the people and small businesses that give them life. Google wants to be a part of that recovery,” CEO Sundar Pichai said… Source link

A woman recovering from surgery has received a mortifying letter from her real estate agent addressing a rather awkward noise complaint. A mother, from Sussex in the UK, shared a picture of the note her daughter received on March 10. “This is a rather delicate matter but I have been asked to approach you as you are disturbing your neighbours with what sounds like noises of a sexual nature, which they can hear quite clearly day after day. In the morning and in the evening,” the note said. “Also,… Source link

The Canadian Press EXPLAINER: What’s ahead as Trump impeachment trial begins WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial begins Tuesday, forcing the Senate to decide whether to convict him of incitement of insurrection after a violent mob of his supporters laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. While Trump’s acquittal is expected, Democrats hope to gain at least some Senate Republican votes by linking Trump’s actions to a vivid description of the… Source link

SAN JOSE — An affordable housing project in San Jose has moved closer to reality with a new loan and the developer’s purchase of the properties where the homes will be built. The Kelsey Ayer Station has landed more financing from Google and the project’s developer has just completed a purchase of the properties needed for the 115-unit development, according to public documents filed in Santa Clara County on Jan. 15. “Google has allowed us to accelerate our development plans and keep… Source link

TipRanks Oppenheimer: These 3 Stocks Could Spike Over 80% Wall Street’s best firms don’t just look at the stocks, they look at the big picture, too. And Oppenheimer’s chief investment strategist, John Stoltzfus, is particularly adept at showing us the macro view. In his first note of the new year, Stoltzfus notes a series of factors that are going to impact the markets. The big news, of course, the 800-pound gorilla that cannot be ignored, is the ongoing COVID epidemic. The disease is… Source link

The biggest U.S. tech companies are providing a jolt to the slumbering commercial real-estate business, emerging as major tenants and acquirers of office and other space while many nontech firms are trying to tear up their leases. Five of the biggest property owners in the tech industry—Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc., Apple Inc., Google parent Alphabet Inc. and Microsoft Corp.—together occupy around 589 million square feet of U.S. real estate, according to CoStar Group. That is… Source link