Why can't Baltimore DO this?!! (Bethesda, Towson: real estate, 2015, how much)

[Infinite_heights77]

*Very nice!!!

Google unveils plans for futuristic new headquarters - CNET

Google unveils plans for futuristic new headquarters.

by Richard Nieva

• @richardjnieva
• February 27, 2015 12:00 PM PST

Google on Friday unveiled plans for an expansion to its corporate campus in Mountain View, Calif. Google Google's corporate headquarters may get even more Google-y.
The search giant on Friday submitted a plan to local officials to expand its offices in Mountain View, Calif., with a whimsical design that incorporates sweeping translucent canopies and glass walls.
The company, which has become known for out-there projects like self-driving cars and Wi-Fi-beaming balloons, is planning to build on four sites in the city. The buildings will have flexible, movable elements that the company can tailor to different projects.
"Our self-driving car team, for example, has very different needs when it comes to office space from our search engineers," Google said in a blog post Friday.
The new site underscores the tech industry's explosive expansion -- in influence, economic power, and now, real estate. Google's quirky design rivals the audacious planned headquarters of its biggest competitors. Facebook's new campus is designed by world-famous architect Frank Gerhy and looks like a sprawling forest. Apple's new headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., will be constructed like a giant circle and has been dubbed iSpaceship.
Friday was the last day to submit plans for major building projects in Mountain View's North Bayshore technology district, which surrounds Google's main offices. LinkedIn is also expected to submit a building proposal for the district.
Google also said the expansion will include retail space and bike paths. The company said the design will try to revitalize the existing environment by widening creek beds and enhancing habitats for burrowing owls, which live underground in the area.
The expansion would cover 3.4 million square feet across the four sites, according to Silicon Valley Business Journal. The company is aiming for the first of the four sites to be completed by 2020. It's still unclear how much the expansion will cost, but Google can afford it -- the company currently has more than $64 billion in cash and short-term investments.
It's also unclear how Mountain View's city council will act on the proposal. Randy Tsuda, the city's community development director, said he hadn't yet seen the plans. The next step will be an initial review of all the various proposals during a meeting in late April, said Tsuda.
One concern for the city is a lack of new housing in the proposal. But Google has said in the past that it would like to add housing near the campus. To entice city officials, Google has also proposed a $200 million public benefits package, according to the Business Journal. The plan includes things like a new public safety building and a bike bridge across nearby highway 101.
For the project, Google worked with architecture firms Heatherwick Studio, based in the United Kingdom, and Denmark-based Bjarke Ingels Group.
"We have set out to imagine the work environments of future Googlers to be as adaptable, flexible and intelligent as the rest of Google's wide spanning portfolio," Bjarke Ingels Group said in an email.

[steppinthrax]

Why in the actual **** would google or any High end tech company want to bring their HQ to Baltimore. Baltimore doesn't have the general intellect to work at Google. Where are they going to find employees?

[Sunflowery]

Originally Posted by steppinthrax

Why in the actual **** would google or any High end tech company want to bring their HQ to Baltimore. Baltimore doesn't have the general intellect to work at Google. Where are they going to find employees?

Can you elaborate? There are several great universities in the area where they could find employees. There's no way that they'll hire anybody without a degree unless their an intern or for a low wage job at the facility (e.g. Johns Hopkins Hospital)

[beasley106]

Originally Posted by steppinthrax

Why in the actual **** would google or any High end tech company want to bring their HQ to Baltimore. Baltimore doesn't have the general intellect to work at Google. Where are they going to find employees?

I now I am sort of wasting time debating with a known troll here, but for anyone else who is interested.

City sees jump in young, college-educated residents

A new analysis of census data has quantified the explosive growth. It found that the number of college-educated people ages 25 to 34 living within three miles of Baltimore's central business district increased 92 percent from 2000 to 2010. Their numbers grew from about 13,000 to 25,000, according to the study released last week.

The increase was the fourth-highest among the 51 metro areas in the study, which included Boston, Memphis and New York. And it occurred despite an overall decline in population in those Baltimore neighborhoods during the period.

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[steppinthrax]

Originally Posted by Sunflowery

Can you elaborate? There are several great universities in the area where they could find employees. There's no way that they'll hire anybody without a degree unless their an intern or for a low wage job at the facility (e.g. Johns Hopkins Hospital)

People who go to Johns Hopkins go there because it's the best!!!! They come from all over the world to go there. But once they are finished they GET THE **** OUT..... Similar to what I did when I finished my degree at Towson.

In general most that I've seen that go to Hopkins end up moving to Montgomery County, NoVa or HoCo. Most don't stay in Baltimore, it's just too small for their skillset. A doctor family we knew left Cockesville for Bethesda.

After the brain drain, what's left!!!! The rest of Baltimore.

[Infinite_heights77]

Damn! That's cold-blooded!

Originally Posted by steppinthrax

Why in the actual **** would google or any High end tech company want to bring their HQ to Baltimore. Baltimore doesn't have the general intellect to work at Google. Where are they going to find employees?

[Infinite_heights77]

This is true, and it extends to most universities and colleges in Baltimore. Students can't wait to get the hell out, taking their intellectual and creative resources elsewhere. That's an effin' shame!?? Baltimore's Brain Drain is another topic for serious discussion.

Originally Posted by steppinthrax

People who go to Johns Hopkins go there because it's the best!!!! They come from all over the world to go there. But once they are finished they GET THE **** OUT..... Similar to what I did when I finished my degree at Towson.

In general most that I've seen that go to Hopkins end up moving to Montgomery County, NoVa or HoCo. Most don't stay in Baltimore, it's just too small for their skillset. A doctor family we knew left Cockesville for Bethesda.

After the brain drain, what's left!!!! The rest of Baltimore.

[Infinite_heights77]

Sunflowery, I know you mean well Sis, but, you must realize that Baltimore has a brain drain. I speak with college students all the time, and they can't wait to get the hell out of Baltimore.

Originally Posted by Sunflowery

Can you elaborate? There are several great universities in the area where they could find employees. There's no way that they'll hire anybody without a degree unless their an intern or for a low wage job at the facility (e.g. Johns Hopkins Hospital)

[pokeable]

Originally Posted by Sunflowery

Can you elaborate? There are several great universities in the area where they could find employees. There's no way that they'll hire anybody without a degree unless their an intern or for a low wage job at the facility (e.g. Johns Hopkins Hospital)

Google is notorious for hiring the absolute best and brightest with emphasis on brightest. IQ tests, standardized tests, GPAs, logic tests all play a role in their hiring process for software or engineering jobs. None of the schools in the area are known for comp Sci or engineering.

Also part of the Google appeal is serving as a talent incubator for pursuing your own startup. This area has neither the local talent pool or the capital to fund such endeavors.

I know there are a lot of Google jobs in Michigan but they are more on the advertising side, and thought to be a bone thrown by Eric Page to his Alma Mater and home state.

[Tinawina]

Originally Posted by pokeable

Google is notorious for hiring the absolute best and brightest with emphasis on brightest. IQ tests, standardized tests, GPAs, logic tests all play a role in their hiring process for software or engineering jobs. None of the schools in the area are known for comp Sci or engineering.

This.

The Baltimore equivalent of Google would have to be something that draws the best and the brightest of a field the region actually produces a lot of top students in. So that would be medicine, medical research, and public health. So, what would be a high prestige, top of the line mega-company that hires a lot of people in the medical field and is such a leader in the field that it can draw the best from all over the world?

Oh, wait....

ETA: I should add that the second area where the schools in the region produce a lot of talent is probably the arts. Between a MICA, Peabody and perhaps Towson there are a good around of creative types around, and Baltimore not coincidentally has a growing arts scene although nothing Google level yet.