Google To Open New Campus in Mountain View [PICS]

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Starting January 1, 2012, the lease will run for a 10-year period, and the space may be as large as 630,000 square feet.

The new space is in addition to the 600,000-foot Shoreline Boulevard property Google is leasing and using to build a huge, very green new facility.

The property to be leased in the new deal is The Quad, a top-shelf corporate park around 3 miles from the main Googleplex. The Quad lies just across the 101 freeway from the original campus, and it's composed of several buildings. According to the Silicon Valley Mercury News, Google is set to lease six of the buildings; Symantec will occupy a seventh building until the beginning of 2013.

Between the Shoreline property and the buildings in The Quad, Google is looking at up to 1.2 million square feet of additional space. And given the company's announcement that 2011 will be its biggest hiring year to date, it seems like it'll need the extra space.

Here are some images of The Quad buildings from real estate firm CB Richard Ellis:

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