Google forges ahead with new office project in the Bay Area

Just because prominent technology companies, including Twitter, Amazon, Apple, and others, have announced plans to extend work from home policies into 2022 and beyond, it doesn't mean they aren't planning for a return to the office somewhere down the line.  A case in point is Google, which continues to make significant investments in office projects around the country despite the doom-and-gloom predictions for office environments that shaped by media coverage in recent months.  The internet giant, along with Amazon, is currently pushing ahead with new leases in New York City, for example, in addition to pursuing a collection of ground-up developments in the Bay Area. The company's new Mountain View headquarters, designed by Heatherwick Studio and BIG, is currently under construction. While an even larger and more ambitious new proposal crafted in collaboration with developer LendLease, SERA Architects, Hassell and Kristen Hall City Design was announced earlier this week.  The propose...