Hope Big Brother won't be watching.2020: Apple completes its purchase of California. Forms its own country.
Next up, Apple buys half of San Jose for $200 billion.
I know, they posted some 15-20min after I posted that!
Apple is sure buying up a lot of real estate for a doomed™ company.
2020: Apple completes its purchase of California. Forms its own country.
That building has a lot of history. It was a research fab for many semiconductor outfits over the past thirty years.Been in that fab. It is a small one, so R&D would be a good use of the plant, but the land on 1st Street would be worth a lot.
In the spirit of the legendary confidential projects done on Bubb Road across 85 from The Loop -- yup, can see that!Hoist the Jolly Roger!
Been in that fab. It is a small one, so R&D would be a good use of the plant, but the land on 1st Street would be worth a lot.
Yeah, in the 1990's, the big semiconductor companies found out that it's a lot cheaper to put fabs in places like Oregon, Idaho, Ft. Collins, Colorado Springs, Rio Rancho, Puyallup, Chandler, East Fishkill, Orlando, among others than to keep buying and using land in California. I remember an empty lot off of 1st Street that had this 400 square foot shack on it, and someone sprayed "$350K Fixer Upper" on it back in 1995. I suppose that shack is worth about $1.5 million now.That building has a lot of history. It was a research fab for many semiconductor outfits over the past thirty years.
One real interesting thing is it's right next to Samsung's brand spanking new American Headquarters building. Putting the Apple logo in front of that building is a nice thorn in Samsung's butt.
This place could also be a clandestine meeting and technology sharing facility where you don't even have to walk on the sidewalk but enter via a back gate between the lots.