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BILLIONS OF PEOPLE spend a lot of time living their lives on Facebook’s social network. Now Facebook wants to try its hand at creating a community in the real world.
The internet giant wants to build housing, retail stores, a hotel and more at its corporate headquarters — in short, Facebook wants to build its own town.
Facebook unveiled plans on Thursday for the massive new construction project at its Menlo Park, California corporate campus, which is part of Facebook’s plans to expand its home base.
The 56-acre site, which Facebook bought in 2015 for about $400 million, is located directly across the street from Facebook’s headquarters. It will offer 1.6 million square feet of housing, or 1,500 units.
In a blog post announcing the plans, Facebook described the future development as a “mixed-use village” that will provide residents, many of which will be Facebook employees, with housing, transportation services and other amenities.
“We plan to build 125,000 square feet of new retail space, including a grocery store, pharmacy and additional community-facing retail,” Facebook said.
The new development will also include a hotel, according to the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
https://www.facebook.com/fbcommunity/videos/689598231238233/
It will take roughly a decade to build, according to a person familiar with the plans.
The initial phase of the project, which will include the housing and grocery store, will be wrapped up in the first half of 2021. The subsequent phases will be completed every two years.
While most of the housing will likely go to Facebook employees, Facebook is opening up the housing to the community at large. The housing will be a mix of market rate and affordable housing units, with 225 units, or 15%, priced below market rate.
“Part of our vision is to create a neighborhood centre that provides long-needed community services,” Facebook wrote.
One benefit of having employees live so close to campus is a reduction in the amount of traffic in the area, according to the blog post.
While Facebook has presented the plans to the City of Menlo Park, they have not yet been approved. The company expects the approval process to take about two years.
Business Insider- Avery Hartmans
I’m glad it was a private sort of Funeral especially with the Westboro Baptist Church intending to picket his funeral, idiots.
God there not are they ….
That the church led by Fred Phelps?!
That prick pickets the funerals of US troops coming back from Iraq with placards that read "GOD IS GLAD YOUR SON IS DEAD!"
Sick Bastards.
The irony being that Phelp’s wife made the announcement that they would picket the funeral via Twitter for iPhone.
Steve, safe journey home to iheaven…..
That cover of the New Yorker is so powerful and so true!
Powerful maybe, but true? So you’ve met St. Peter and he was using an ipad. Why weren’t you allowed in?
Will miss u steve RIP. Apple shouls change the name of iphone 4s to 4SJ!!!
Loved the art
Thats why it was called the 4S. 4 Steve.
Actually I’m just wondering what sort of sick people read this site. Someone posts wishing steve well and he gets 10 thumbs down. WTF is wrong with some people?
Can’t imagine the funeral was too flash
Graham….. They are on android!!!
iSad
Graham.I always give a thumbs down to people with sloppy spelling.
In your case no capital S in Steve.
The perfectionist Steve Jobs would have approved.
Pete you’re an idiot. So if someone makes a point you agree with, you’ll thumbs down it for incorrect spelling? Genius. By the way, you should have had a space between a full stop and the next word. Idiot.
That is so anal god I hope yr not a teacher wud hate mi kidz to be in yr class
… See what I did there :p
He wouldn’t have approved of your punctuation however.
Peter. There should be a space after a full stop
iDidnt even know the guy.
Can I take credit i.e. a few million, for naming Apples next iPhone the iPhone Steve?
I think they did that with iPhone 4s
Pete you really should find something more productive to do with your time rather than correct the worlds spelling, like invent something better than the iPhone.
Will he be buried in an i-coffin?
There’s only so many jokes you can make….
R.I.P.
The death of Apple co founder and former CEO Steve Jobs.Marks the passing of an extraordinary inventor.he was hailed as a creative genius.on a par with,Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison.he had such a Creative mind,and a great Inspreation to the world he may be gone,but he’ll never be forgotten. R.I.P
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