Google Grows With $1.6 Billion in California Office Deals

Google Inc. is accelerating a real estate deal spree, spending $585 million to buy more than half of a Silicon Valley office park and agreeing to lease an entire campus in development to make space for its growing workforce.

The owner of the world’s largest search engine bought six office buildings at Pacific Shores Center in Redwood City, California, from Starwood Capital Group LLC and Blackstone Group LP. It also plans to occupy all of Moffett Place, a six-tower development on 55 acres (22 hectares) in nearby Sunnyvale, according to Meghan Casserly, a Google spokeswoman.