Google to occupy downtown Austin's Sail Tower later this year
AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) -- Google’s occupancy, or lack thereof, of its full-building lease of downtown Austin’s Sail Tower has long been a question mark hanging over the Central Business District's real estate scene. It has finally provided an answer.
The tech giant will move into the 804,000-square-foot, 35-story tower later this year, a company spokesperson confirmed.
“We look forward to opening our new Austin office at 601 W. 2nd this year that deepens our longstanding commitment to Texas and the local community,” the spokesperson said in an emailed statement.
Google declined to comment further. A number of questions remain unanswered, such as its intentions for its other Austin-area leases, the precise timeline of its Sail Tower move-in and whether it will occupy all of the building or try to sublease some of the space. Most of Google's roughly 2,000 Austin employees work in either the Saltillo development in East Austin or the 500 West 2nd St. skyscraper, which is next to the Sail Tower.
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