Apple Park
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Apple Park aerial view, August 2016. Apple Campus 1 is visible near the top.
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| Alternative names | Apple Campus 2 |
| General information | |
| Status | Under construction |
| Architectural style | Neo-futurism |
| Address | 19111 Pruneridge Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014 |
| Town or city | Cupertino, California |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 37°20′8″N 122°0′33″W / 37.33556°N 122.00917°W |
| Groundbreaking | Nov 2013 |
| Completed | Q1 2017 |
| Opening | April 2017 |
| Cost | ≈ USD 5 billion (the land cost was estimated at $160 million) |
| Owner | Apple Inc. |
| Dimensions | |
| Other dimensions | Accommodating more than 12,000 staff |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Floor area | 2,800,000 sq ft (260,000 m2) |
| Grounds | 175 acres (71 hectares) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Lord Norman Foster |
| Architecture firm | Foster and Partners |
| Other information | |
| Parking | 14,200 |
Apple Park is the future headquarters of Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California. It is under construction and is expected to be completed by the end of March 2017, and to start to be occupied in April 2017. Its research and development facility is already occupied with over 2000 people. It is going to replace the current headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop.
It is circular in shape, resembling the classic idea of a flying saucer spaceship that has just landed. It is located on a suburban site totaling 175 acres (71 hectares) and is planned to house more than 12,000 employees in one central four-storied circular building of approximately 2,800,000 square feet (260,000 square meters). Steve Jobs wanted the whole campus to look less like an office park and more like a nature refuge. Eighty percent of the site will be green space planted with trees and plants indigenous to the Cupertino area.
The building was conceived by Apple's former CEO Steve Jobs, and designed by Lord Norman Foster. Jobs took Foster to the cathedral-like building on the Pixar campus in Emeryville, which Jobs designed himself with the goal of keeping everything under one roof. Steve Jobs spent a large part of two years on the project before his death in 2011.
In April 2006, Steve Jobs announced to the city council of Cupertino that Apple had acquired nine contiguous properties to build a second campus, the Apple Campus 2.
Purchases of the needed properties were made through the company Hines Interests, which in at least some cases did not disclose the fact that Apple was the ultimate buyer; Philip Mahoney, a partner with a local commercial real estate brokerage, noted that this is common practice in attempts to arrange the purchase of contiguous land made up of multiple parcels with separate owners, in order to keep costs from skyrocketing and not reveal the company's plans to competitors. Among the sellers of the properties were SummerHill Homes (a plot of 8 acres or 3.2 hectares) and Hewlett-Packard (three buildings of their campus in Cupertino), among others.
Until April 2008, Apple had not sought the necessary permits to begin construction, so it was estimated that the project would not be ready in 2010 as originally proposed; however, the buildings on the site are being currently held by Apple for its operations. In November 2010 the San Jose Mercury News revealed that Apple had bought an additional 98 acres (40 ha) no longer used by HP Inc., just north across Pruneridge Ave. This space used to be the HP campus in Cupertino before it was relocated to Palo Alto.
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