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March 13, 20264 Mins read1.3k
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Why the hand-wringing over Google's empty San Jose acreage misses the point entirely. By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) A lengthy newspaper article recently lamented that Google's $19 billion Downtown West project in San Jose—once billed as the largest transformation of the city's downtown in decades—sits mostly empty, its 80 acres […]

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