Google's San Jose campus (Downtown West Mixed-Use Plan)

(Feel free to close if this doesn't fit the focus of killedbygoogle, but I thought it was appropriate :smiling_face_with_tear:)

What's the Product's Name?

Downtown West Mixed-Use Plan

Describe the product in a single sentence.

Google was planning to build a large 80-acre campus in San Jose, CA.

From their official page:

In alignment with the City and community’s vision for the Diridon Station Area, Downtown West is a 80 acre mixed use district that proposes up to 4,000 housing units, 7.3 million square feet of office space, 15 acres of parks, plazas and green space, and up to 500,000 square feet of retail, cultural, arts, education, and other active uses.

When was the product launched? Provide a specific date, if possible.

May 25, 2021

San Jose City Council approved resolutions associated with the project on this date. See the administrative record for more details (link below).

When was the product discontinued? Provide a specific date, if possible.

April 21, 2023

News article published by CNBC on this date, including the following pull-quote

Some sources close to the development told CNBC that the company doesn't have plans to revive the project in the near future.

What type of product was it? App, Service, or Hardware?

Real estate :upside_down_face:

Date	Link
2019-07-11	CNBC: Google's plans for a mega-campus in San Jose lurk behind its recent $1 billion housing pledge
2018-12-05	ABC: City Council meeting in San Jose cleared out by police after protest over Google land sale
2021-05-25	CNBC: Google gets the green light to build multi-billion dollar megacampus in San Jose
2023-04-21	CNBC: Google's 80-acre San Jose mega-campus is on hold as company reckons with economic slowdown
2023-04-24	Ars Technica: After demolishing swaths of San Jose, Google puts campus project on hold

codyogden / killedbygoogle

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