x*******e 发帖数: 1905 | | t**y 发帖数: 977 | | x*******e 发帖数: 1905 | 3 Second Apple "spaceship" to land in Sunnyvale — deal sealed with Landbank
Investments
Apple Inc. has landed its second spaceship — this time, in Sunnyvale — in
a massive deal that exemplifies a new era in Silicon Valley real estate and
crystalizes Apple’s enormous growth trajectory outside of its Cupertino
stronghold.
The iPhone maker has sealed a deal for Landbank Investments LLC’s planned
Central & Wolfe campus — a curvaceous, 777,000-square-foot project at
Central Expressway and Wolfe Road that’s expected to look like nothing else
ever attempted in Silicon Valley. Its marketing web address? Notanotherbox.
com, and for good reason.
As approved, the campus from Landbank Investments and architecture firm HOK
carries an audacious design. . The structure is actually three, four-story
buildings over two levels of parking connected by an undulating skin. The
effect is a cloverleaf, or flower-petal-like design that draws comparisons
to Apple Campus 2 but is unique in its own right. Design by HOK.
As approved, the campus from Landbank Investments and architecture firm HOK
carries an… more
The Silicon Valley Business Journal and The Registry both reported last
month that the developer and tech giant were in negotiations. But this week,
sources with knowledge of the transaction confirmed to me that the deal is
completed. Terms of the deal couldn’t immediately be learned, but I’m led
to believe that Apple has leased, not purchased, the project. It's unknown
when it could start construction.
The transaction is another sign — as if you need any more — of Apple’s
tremendous expansion, potentially providing enough room for more than 3,000
workers. The deal comes as Apple has made a huge land-grab in recent months
in parts of Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and, more recently, north San Jose, where
it has spent $300 million to assemble nearly 70 acres. The expansion
dovetails with the growth of Apple’s product pipeline, with the next big
category rumored to be the electric automobile.
Just as important, the project exemplifies new approaches to development and
workplace design: The 18-acre campus, approved last year, is slated to
transform a collection of nine buildings erected in the 1960s and '70s —
the golden age of Silicon Valley’s tilt-up construction era — into a
striking structure that defies easy description. Indeed, the project seems
perhaps a perfect fit for Apple, recalling some of the curvy design cues on
its under-construction "spaceship" Apple Campus 2, about five miles south.
The campus also promises to dramatically alter this part of Sunnyvale, a
neighborhood dominated by single-story industrial and R&D buildings. While
Apple has been snapping up existing buildings all over the neighborhood, the
massive new campus could become a new icon for the region.
【在 x*******e 的大作中提到】 : http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/10/01/second-apple
| p*****n 发帖数: 210 | | y*y 发帖数: 427 | 5 only 777,000 sqft?
much smaller than the 2.8M sqft spaceship campus#2 | b***m 发帖数: 891 | 6 AC2 can accommodate 13,000 employees, while this campus only accommodates 3,
000 according to the news.
【在 y*y 的大作中提到】 : only 777,000 sqft? : much smaller than the 2.8M sqft spaceship campus#2
| o******a 发帖数: 90 | | b******y 发帖数: 1684 | 8 that's about right. One employee takes about 200 sqft.
3,
【在 b***m 的大作中提到】 : AC2 can accommodate 13,000 employees, while this campus only accommodates 3, : 000 according to the news.
| A***J 发帖数: 478 | 9 今天一看, 现在好多房子都PRICE CUT了。看来这些建商“好”日子快来了 |
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