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Last week, Google officially stated that it has terminated its partnership agreement with the development partner responsible for four important campus locations. Lendlease revealed that Google chose to cancel the contracts related to the development of campuses in areas such as San Jose for the Downtown West project and Sunnyvale for Moffett Park. Additionally, the other projects Lendlease was involved in, namely Middlefield Park and North Bayshore in Mountain View, collectively known as the San Francisco Bay Project, were also affected by this decision.
The two companies had collaborated for the past four years. Google announced its intention to expand its partnerships, working with both developers and capital partners to continue progressing the campus developments, and this might involve Lendlease.
Alexa Arena, a senior director of development at Google, spoke about the company’s goal to optimise its real estate investments in the Bay Area. After conducting a thorough assessment of its real estate investments, Google determined that the prevailing market conditions no longer made the partnership with Lendlease mutually advantageous, and so the decision to terminate the partnership was made.
Arena also confirmed that the company is actively exploring various options to advance its development projects while fulfilling their housing commitment, expressing appreciation for Lendlease's contributions and the progress made by their team.
In 2019, Google entered a $15 billion agreement with Lendlease for a long-term project spanning 10 to 15 years aimed at redeveloping Google's land holdings in three locations. Additionally, Google committed to partnering with Lendlease to construct 15,000 residential units in the area, with 25% of them designated as "affordable." This is especially important in a region grappling with one of the highest homeless populations in the country.
What was originally envisioned as a massive urban campus known as Downtown West, featuring thousands of new housing units and 15 acres of public parks, has now turned into a significant demolition site that faces the risk of becoming a long-term eyesore and an economic liability.
Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, is implementing its most extensive cost-cutting measures in nearly two decades since going public. In January, the company announced its plan to eliminate 12,000 jobs, which equates to approximately 6% of its workforce, as a response to slowing sales growth following a significant increase in staff numbers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though the company has witnessed a return of growth, it has continued to make smaller reductions in its workforce, including in the real estate sector.
In an effort to garner support from the San Jose community, Google allocated more than half of its campus for public use and offered a community benefits package of up to $200 million. This package included funds for addressing displacement, job training, and granting community leaders the authority to influence how this funding would be utilized. However, a substantial portion of this funding is contingent upon the development of office space.
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