SAN FRANCISCO—Those who follow @GlobeStcom onTwitter and @GlobeStLIVEmay have seen a post teasing the announcement, but GlobeSt.com haslearned that LinkedIn has signed a lease for theentire 26-story building under construction at 222 Second St. Therehas been speculation for quite a while who would fill that space, as GlobeSt.compreviously reported, and now we have the answer.
The City's Office of Economic and Workforce Developmentestimates that the nearly 450,000 square feet of office space canaccommodate approximately 2,500 jobs in San Francisco, said SanFrancisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee in making the announcement today. “Asa national leader in job creation, San Francisco is the perfecthome for a company that is connecting people to jobs, and I ampleased that LinkedIn is significantly expanding their presencehere,” said Mayor Lee. “LinkedIn's decision to grow in theInnovation Capital of the World demonstrates, once again, investorconfidence in our City.”
Tishman Speyer Co-CEOs JerrySpeyer and Rob Speyer, says that they arepleased to welcome LinkedIn to its roster of tenants. “Ourobjective is to build the very best, sustainable office propertiesin the best cities around the globe, meeting the high quality spaceneeds of leading organizations. We have had great results inSan Francisco, successfully delivering signature office andresidential properties to the market in the past several years,with more on the way.”
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Natalie Dolce, editor-in-chief of GlobeSt.com and GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum, is responsible for working with editorial staff, freelancers and senior management to help plan the overarching vision that encompasses GlobeSt.com, including short-term and long-term goals for the website, how content integrates through the company’s other product lines and the overall quality of content. Previously she served as national executive editor and editor of the West Coast region for GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum, and was responsible for coverage of news and information pertaining to that vital real estate region. Prior to moving out to the Southern California office, she was Northeast bureau chief, covering New York City for GlobeSt.com. Her background includes a stint at InStyle Magazine, and as managing editor with New York Press, an alternative weekly New York City paper. In her career, she has also covered a variety of beats for M magazine, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, FashionLedge.com, and Co-Ed magazine. Dolce has also freelanced for a number of publications, including MSNBC.com and Museums New York magazine.
