02-06-2020, 08:14 PM
(02-06-2020, 07:58 PM)taylortbb Wrote:(02-06-2020, 05:54 PM)GtwoK Wrote: Woah, what, since when? The entire building? Will it become the "Google" building instead of "The Manulife one"?
Yes, entire building. It's not officially announced yet, but I've heard it from several different people in the know, so it's not a well kept secret.
Google has already overflowed their current Breithaupt space, and has a temporary office around Philip and Columbia. I assume they want to get everyone back downtown. If the target is now 3000 jobs then the Manulife building is 1000 of those jobs.
It has been one of the worst kept secrets. The secrecy surrounding who was leasing the floor was treated like a joke for months. I was actually surprised to see it not mentioned in the articles today because it was supposed to be made official soon.
Renovations on the top floor of Manulife started at the beginning of this year for Google. Manulife is still using the other two floors currently. I've heard rumours that Google will eventually lease the entire building, but I've also heard Manulife may continue to use it.