Microsoft Redmond Campus
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Microsoft Redmond Campus is the informal name for Microsoft's corporate headquarters, located at One Microsoft Way in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft initially moved onto the grounds of the campus on February 26, 1986, weeks before the company went public on March 13. The headquarters has since experienced multiple expansions since its establishment.
It is estimated to encompass over 8 million ft2 (750,000 m2) of office space and 30,000-40,000 employees[1]. Additional offices are located in Bellevue and Issaquah (90,000 employees world-wide). Further signs of growth include:
- In January 2006, Microsoft announced the purchase of Safeco's Redmond campus.[2] (Formerly one of Redmond's major employers, Safeco began consolidating its offices in Seattle's University District in 2005.)
- In February 2006, Microsoft announced that it intends to expand its Microsoft Redmond campus by another 1,100,000 square feet (100,000 m2) at a cost of $1 billion and has said that this will create space for between 7,000 and 15,000 new employees over the next three years.[3]
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[edit] Notable buildings
- Executive Briefing Center
- RedWest, location of MSN and Windows Live divisions
- The Commons
- Microsoft Conference Center
[edit] See also
- Googleplex - 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, California
- Apple Campus - One Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/inside_ms.mspx
- ^ Todd Bishop (January 19, 2006). "Microsoft makes a deal for Safeco's Redmond campus". Seattle P-I. http://www.seattlepi.com/business/256201_msftexpands19.html. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
- ^ Brier Dudley (February 9, 2006). "Microsoft speeding up plans for huge campus redevelopment". The Seattle Times. http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=webmmsftbuild09&date=20060209. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
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