GOOGLE TO OCCUPY FULL BUILDING IN S.D.
Search engine giant adds two floors of offices as part of company’s larger $1 billion investment in California
Google, which first opened a satellite office in San Diego about five years ago, said Thursday that it is modestly boosting the size of its footprint in the city.
The Mountain View-based search engine giant confirmed it has leased two additional floors in its existing four-story office building at 6420 Sequence Drive in Sorrento Mesa.
That means it now occupies the entire building, which totals about 110,000 square feet and is owned by Alexandria Real Estate, according to real estate industry research firm CoStar.
The company declined to disclose how many employees it has in San Diego or how many might be added with the two additional floors. It included its growth plans for San Diego as part of a larger pledge to invest more than $1 billion in sites across California this year to spur economic recovery coming out of the pandemic.
“In terms of teams, I can share that so much of Google is represented in San Diego, said spokesman Michael Appel in an email response to questions. “We have engineering teams working on a range of our products, and people working in finance, sales, and many other teams.”
Other big tech firms — namely Apple and Amazon — have significantly expanded their footprints in San Diego County in recent years, aiming to tap the region’s tech talent pool, including engineers from local universities.
Much of Google’s growth in Southern California has been centered in greater Los Angeles, however. That includes the Westside Pavilion renovation project, where a former shopping mall is being
transformed into a Googleanchored office campus.
The company employs about 52,000 workers across the state, with 3,000 of them in the Southern California region.
In a tweet Thursday, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria applauded Google’s move to
add more office space locally.
“I’m thrilled Google will be expanding its footprint in San Diego, bringing hundreds of additional jobs to our city,” he wrote. “This investment will help in our economic recovery and getting San Diegans back to work.”