The Cupertino Courier is reporting that the Cupertino planning commission has voted to rezone a 7.78-acre section of the 50-acre property Apple owns, and plans to use to build a second Apple corporate campus. Apple announced the purchase back in 2006, and plans to consolidate their scattered leased facilities in this new building.
The site, which is south of the Hewlett-Packard campus, houses two office buildings currently occupied by Apple employees.
The buildings were already on the property from the site’s industrial days. Before Apple purchased the property in 2006, the city rezoned the industrial site to residential in anticipation of a 130-unit townhouse and condominium project that previous property owners Morley Brothers had proposed.
It appears Apple does not currently have plans drawn up for the new facility, but was required to have the rezoning to continue the planning and design process.
Aside from its main headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop, Apple has employees spread out in buildings along De Anza Boulevard and throughout the city. Jobs described the far-flung nature as frustrating. He said he hoped they would be able to consolidate all Cupertino employees at the current Infinite Loop campus and at a future campus.
When I first heard this story back in 2006, I certainly thought Apple would have something build by the end of the decade. They are obviously in no hurry.
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