

A design of Apple's new HQ








Source: Bloomberg

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RE: Spaceship campus in Cupertino
By Scannall on 11/23/2012 12:18:12 PM , Rating: 2
You do know, that before HP started tanking that they had as many as 18,000 employees on that property? And they don't need consent from other cities either.

The people employed there pay a lot in taxes, and Apple pays tons of property taxes there. Which goes to schools...

They also run their own bus services for employees to commute on. Reducing the load on both the public transit there, and the roads. Guess that isn't neighborly enough though.

Most of that property is currently pavement and buildings. Very little landscaping. The parking for Apples building will be mostly underground. Lots more expensive to build that than throwing pavement around, but not near as much of an eyesore.

They will also have their own power plant on the premises. So that won't be adding any load to the grid there.

So, what is the real reason for hating on a building project? If you have one that is.

