Google’s founders are snapping up Miami mansions, as billionaires flee California’s proposed tax—and the company is buying office space to accommodate

More billionaires are trading the streets of New York and boardrooms of California for the sunny, tax-friendly city of Miami—and they’re bringing their employees with them. Google is snatching up more office space in the South Florida metropolis, just as its cofounders are buying million-dollar mansions right on the waterfront.

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has quadrupled its office space in Miami this year, signing a lease to expand its footprint to around 45,000 square-feet, according to reporting from Bloomberg.

It’s a huge jump from the roughly 10,000 square-feet the $4.2 trillion tech company already owns in the city’s financial district; the office, located at 1450 Brickell Avenue, is flush with a fitness center, rooftop terrace, and panoramic views of Biscayne Bay. And the expansion signals a greater investment in working out of Florida: a state with no personal income tax, and a business-friendly regulatory environment…

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