Amid Record High Vacancies in San Francisco, Google Plans to Leave an Office Tower

With San Francisco’s office market struggling to regain footing after the pandemic, tech giant Google is leaving a premier office tower next year. The company said that while it is adjusting to meet current objectives and patterns of work, it will stay in the city. “As we’ve said before, we’re focused on investing in real estate efficiently to meet the current and future needs of our hybrid workforce,” Ryan Lamont, Google spokesperson, told The Epoch Times by email May 13. “We remain committed to our long-term presence in San Francisco.” Currently occupying about 300,000 square feet in One Market Plaza—a “trophy” class building on the Embarcadero in the city’s financial district—the company is reportedly downsizing its office footprint once its lease expires in April 2025 due to changes in the workplace and an increase in hybrid work opportunities....