Googlers working away in Birmingham will soon be a common site in the city's downtown. The Internet search giant plans to lease 17,000 square feet of Class A office space in the new 325 N. Old Woodward Ave. development.
Google plans to move 150 employees to the location and set up a public cyber café in the building's ground floor retail space on Willis Street.
Bingham Farms-based Burton-Katzman Development Co. built the $35-million mixed-use building, which occupies a full city block at North Old Woodward and Willis. It has 184,000 square feet of space, which includes retail, office and residential space. The first floor will be used mainly for retail and restaurant space. The second and third floors are reserved for 74,000 square feet of Class A office space. The fourth floor is set aside for luxury penthouses priced between $515,000 and $5 million.
The building, located at 325 N. Old Woodward Ave., is where the old Jacobson’s used to stand.
Source: Jana Ecker, planning director for the city of Birmingham
Writer: Jon Zemke
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