Google Buys New York City Office Building For $1.9 Billion
This was an expected move by Google, who currently leases about 2 or 3 of the floors of the massive building. The building is well known, previously the home of the Port Authority, with space of about 2.9 million square feet. It fills an entire city block, from Eighth and Ninth avenues from 15th and 16th streets. It has several addresses, commonly 76 Ninth Avenue or 111 Eighth Ave and is one of the largest buildings in New York City.
Google moved into this building as part of their expansion plans in the big Apple back in early 2006. Google currently leases about 500,000 square feet of this building.
The Wall Street Journal said this is “the biggest [deal] for a single building in the U.S. this year.”
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