Google ‘search’ results in 200,000 SF in downtown Austin

AUSTIN – Google Austin has signed a lease for over 200,000 sf at the new 29-story Green Water Treatment Plant redevelopment at 500 West 2nd St.

Google currently has three Austin locations, on North Mopac Blvd. (Loop 1), at University Park just north of downtown and its Google Fiber space in what was formerly the Austin Children’s Museum downtown.

The new downtown space will consolidate the employees on North Mopac and University Park, while Google Fiber will remain at the Children’s Museum location three blocks from the new site.

The office tower will have almost 490,000 sf of office space and just over 11,000 sf of restaurant and retail space on the ground floor. It is due to be completed in early 2017.

The tower is currently under construction and marks the second phase of Trammell Crow’s development, which is transforming the former Green Water industrial site into a mix of residences, offices, hotel rooms, shops and restaurants.