Internet search giant adding R&D center in Seattle
Add Google to the Greater Seattle community of Fremont’s northwest mystique, along with the famous troll, the annual Summer Solstice parade and the presence of such high tech firms as Getty Images and Adobe.
A new Googleplex will be hatched in 60,000 square feet sub-leased from Getty Images for a new R&D center, adding to the Puget Sound center it already operates in Kirkland, home of Google Webmaster Cntral.
“We are interested in giving people the option to work near where they live, and some people want to be close to downtown,” Google spokeswoman Sunny Gettinger said. She declined to say how many people Google plans to hire in Fremont, but she said it will fill the center with new jobs, not just transfers from Kirkland.
Google’s expansion in Fremont comes as Microsoft makes a bigger push into Seattle with Friday’s $6 billion acquisition of aQuantive. In an interview with the Seattle P-I, Microsoft’s Kevin Johnson said that the company may consider shifting some employees from Redmond to Seattle.
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