Google’s sprawling headquarters campus in Mountain View and smattering of other Bay Area buildings aren’t enough for the tech giant — now, it’s expanding another big office cluster in San Jose.
The company recently bought an office building at 4500 North First St., spokesperson Ryan Lamont told SFGATE on Tuesday, expanding its holdings in the city’s northern Alviso district. The Bay Area News Group first reported the purchase based on a Friday property filing, pegging its value at $25.2 million and noting that it bumps Google’s campus to nine buildings. Citing records, the outlet wrote that Google’s purchases at the site have ranged across eight years and surpassed $434 million total.
Lamont wrote that the new building deepens Google’s investment in San Jose, a major hub for tech offices and workers. Cisco, Adobe, PayPal and eBay are headquartered in the city, with titans like Nvidia and Apple based nearby in Santa Clara and Cupertino, respectively…