Apple to Build Second Campus

Randy writes "Apple plans to expand dramatically in Cupertino by constructing a second major campus, one mile from Infinite Loop. Lamenting the fact that 'there aren't many apricot orchards left' upon which to build a new campus, Apple CEO Steve Jobs noted that Apple nevertheless managed to do the trick by purchasing several contiguous properties." From the article: "The maker of Macintosh computers and iPod digital music players will house 3,000 to 3,500 employees in the new campus, about 10 minutes away from its headquarters on Infinite Loop in Cupertino. Jobs estimated that it will take three to four years to design and build the new campus."

Comments

Re:California business baffles me....

[dgatwood]

They're not enlarging (right now). They're consolidating---moving from something like 35 rented/leased properties to one owned property. It's a lot cheaper to move thousands of existing employees to a new facility across a town than it is to try to convince them to move to another state (and try to replace everyone who said "no").

Besides... the higher density obtained by not leasing a bunch of one and two story buildings should free up a lot of those smaller office buildings to be leveled by their owners for future condo projects like the one across the street from Apple.... :-)

Re:Good ol' California traffic

[fm6]

Dude, most Americans will get in the car to avoid walking across a parking lot! That's why most new malls in this country no longer have internal walkways.

I used to have a job about a mile from my house. I'd usually walk to work. All my co-workers thought I was very strange. And before you say, "lazy Americans" note that many of my co-workers were Asian immigrants.