Facebook’s campus plans
A rocky start to public trading hasn’t dampened Facebook’s plans to expand it’s Menlo Park headquarters.
The Facebook Campus, as it stands, features a design that matches it’s age – with a youthful, almost grungey atmosphere for its employees to go about working.
That means walls lined with chalkboards, giving employees free reign to express themselves – which brings new meaning to writing on someone’s wall.
As a growing company with a fresh public listing (thus extra cash on hand) Facebook currently has plans to extend its campus in Menlo Park.
Facebook working space (Source: Reuters Tumblr)
Facebook wall (Source: Reuters Tumblr)
Facebook courtyard
Facebook cafeteria (Source: Reuters Tumblr)
Getting bigger
Facebook’s expansion plans involve boosting the 57-acre, nine-building campus – dubbed the “East Campus” – which once housed Sun Microsystems.
The expansion is quite special, as it is a result of a specially negotiated deal between Facebook and Menlo Park’s government officials.
The deal involves many payments to the city (between $800,000 and $1.1 million) as well as donations to funds which will be used for developments in the area.
As a result, Facebook has received special treatment by the city, such as pushing the employee cap up from 3,800 people to 6,600 people.
Facebook is also looking to build another 22 acres in Menlo Park – dubbed the “West Campus” – which it is planning to start construction on in 2013.
The West campus would house another 2,800 employees.
Facebook expansion
Facebook expansion
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