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I'm surprised Palantir didn't buy them just to take over their prime downtown Palo Alto real estate leases (one of the few big spaces not taken already by Palantir...)


Well, their current office space is technically illegal as at least the ground floor is zoned for retail. Remember how they had that silly little handwritten note on the (always locked) door that said "hi! We're color, come on in and say hi!"? That, apparently was enough (undoubtedly with their sway with the local govt) to fulfill the requirement that all places zoned for retail be accessible to the public.


I can't believe I hadn't thought of that -- I always thought the big "public cafeteria, come join us for lunch" thing on the ground floor was just space-banking and showing off, and using it as a recruiting tool. Zoning makes a lot more sense (I remember PA whining at Facebook for using that building over on Hamilton for the customer service offices, the one with the nice frosted glass Facebook text on the retail windowfront...)




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