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![]() Brian Miller Real Estate Editor |
April 28, 2022
The first two office buildings at Kirkland Urban, north and central, were completed early in the pandemic, meaning very few Google office workers have occupied the shiny-new buildings. But as of this month, they're starting to trickle back in growing numbers. April 4 marked a voluntary return to the office for so-called Googlers — many accompanied by their dogs, some with their own Google ID badges dangling from collars. One was snoozing contentedly on the lobby floor as I entered the central building.
Those and other details came during a press tour last week of the central building, aka KUC, at 425 Urban Plaza, a new address. Google bought the campus, except the apartments, in 2019 for a reported $435.7 million. The first two buildings were then under construction; and the south building, KUS, broke ground in the spring of 2020 — then paused for months during the pandemic. Now with concrete about four levels above grade, it should open late next year or early in 2024.
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