Google said on Monday it would expand its presence in New York City with a $1 billion campus in the West Village, allowing the company to double the size of its 7,000-employee work force over the next decade.
The centerpiece of the 1.7 million-square-foot hub will the St. John’s Terminal building on Washington Street, with Google also set to occupy space at two buildings nearby on Hudson Street.
It is Google’s second significant move to increase its Manhattan footprint this year. In March, it spent $2.4 billion to buy the Chelsea Market building, where it already had offices. At the time, a Google spokeswoman said the company also planned to add 320,000 square feet of space in a redevelopment of Pier 57 on the Hudson River.
