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Is this going to drive up property prices in Sunnyvale? Amazon, FB, Google, LinkedIn/Mountain View, Apple are all in Sunnyvale. I heard that Uber is moving there as well.

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Apple's mostly in Cupertino, including the spaceship.

These parcels are between 237 and the bay. There's no residences around there. A lot is former Lockheed land.

I was at Lockheed while they were selling off some of that land and the [then new] "Moffett Towers" were being constructed [constant, unavoidable pile-driving for years]. When the CEO was talking about such things as "cost savings in the coming year" it was clear that meant "reducing the land footprint in Sunnyvale" amongst other things such as layoffs at same. At the time I imagined which few, minimum buildings would remain if//when the trend continued.

The only "residence" there is the dump for the goats. For humans, it's just about 3 miles directly south on Mathilda Ave; I lived there for a couple years while I was at Lockheed.

It's so strange to drive up Mathilda and not see the Blue Cube or buildings 101-102 anymore.

I agree.

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