BREAKING: Microsoft moving 1500 jobs to Atlanta

[JambaKrantu]

https://www.bisnow.com/atlanta/news/office/breaking-microsoft-opening-major-client-facing-office-with-1500-new-jobs-in-midtown-104432

Tech giant Microsoft Corp. is unleashing 1,500 new jobs in Metro Atlanta and occupying one of the city's biggest new developments. Wikipedia/Coolcaesar Microsoft's signage at its corporate campus in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft has inked a deal to occupy Hines' Atlantic Yards development at Atlantic Station in Midtown, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday. The company is expected to occupy the entirety of the two-building project, a total of 523K SF. Microsoft's $75M investment in the new facility will create 1,500 new high-tech jobs, officials said. “We are excited that a global leader like Microsoft Corp. is expanding its investment in Georgia with tech jobs that will be truly beneficial to the company and our state,” Kemp said in a statement. Microsoft plans to operate a “client-facing” workplace at Atlantic Yards with a focus on artificial intelligence and cloud services, state officials said in a release. The development also will include retail space for Microsoft. Microsoft will be moving in next door to Macy's. The department store icon announced plans in February to consolidate its San Francisco technology hub into New York and Atlanta, where it has leased 103K SF at Hines' T3 West Midtown building, also at Atlantic Station. Courtesy of Hines Rendering of Hines Atlantic Yards project at Atlantic Station. Hines launched speculative development of Atlantic Yards in 2019, and it expects to deliver the project by the end of this year. Microsoft currently runs its cloud-computing engineering facility at Portman's Coda Building in Technology Square in Midtown. The firm also has offices in Alpharetta and Buckhead. This deal with Microsoft burnishes Metro Atlanta's reputation as a technology hub and Midtown as the heart of that industry. “Georgia is the place to locate for the tech industry, with Midtown Atlanta as its epicenter,” Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner Pat Wilson said in a statement. Companies that have opened or are planning to open major tech operations in Midtown are seeking to feed from the talent pipeline produced by Georgia Tech, said The Boyd Co. principal John Boyd, a site-selection consultant. “For projects like this, Georgia Tech is very much part of, and is front-and-center in, the courting process,” Boyd said. Google agreed to anchor Selig Development's 1105 West Peachtree mixed-use project last year, and it is reportedly considering expanding its presence there to more than 400K SF. But Boyd said names like Microsoft and Google elevate a city's reputation as a technology hub on the world stage. “Atlanta is in the big leagues," Boyd said. "Anytime you get an endorsement from Microsoft, that's huge. This Microsoft project could have easily gone to an Austin. This is a major win." See Also: 'If It's Good Enough For Our Clients': Brokerages Start Returning To The Office
 

[JambaKrantu]

[k2s]

1 minute ago, JambaKrantu said:

https://www.bisnow.com/atlanta/news/office/breaking-microsoft-opening-major-client-facing-office-with-1500-new-jobs-in-midtown-104432

Tech giant Microsoft Corp. is unleashing 1,500 new jobs in Metro Atlanta and occupying one of the city's biggest new developments. Wikipedia/Coolcaesar Microsoft's signage at its corporate campus in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft has inked a deal to occupy Hines' Atlantic Yards development at Atlantic Station in Midtown, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday. The company is expected to occupy the entirety of the two-building project, a total of 523K SF. Microsoft's $75M investment in the new facility will create 1,500 new high-tech jobs, officials said. “We are excited that a global leader like Microsoft Corp. is expanding its investment in Georgia with tech jobs that will be truly beneficial to the company and our state,” Kemp said in a statement. Microsoft plans to operate a “client-facing” workplace at Atlantic Yards with a focus on artificial intelligence and cloud services, state officials said in a release. The development also will include retail space for Microsoft. Microsoft will be moving in next door to Macy's. The department store icon announced plans in February to consolidate its San Francisco technology hub into New York and Atlanta, where it has leased 103K SF at Hines' T3 West Midtown building, also at Atlantic Station. Courtesy of Hines Rendering of Hines Atlantic Yards project at Atlantic Station. Hines launched speculative development of Atlantic Yards in 2019, and it expects to deliver the project by the end of this year. Microsoft currently runs its cloud-computing engineering facility at Portman's Coda Building in Technology Square in Midtown. The firm also has offices in Alpharetta and Buckhead. This deal with Microsoft burnishes Metro Atlanta's reputation as a technology hub and Midtown as the heart of that industry. “Georgia is the place to locate for the tech industry, with Midtown Atlanta as its epicenter,” Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner Pat Wilson said in a statement. Companies that have opened or are planning to open major tech operations in Midtown are seeking to feed from the talent pipeline produced by Georgia Tech, said The Boyd Co. principal John Boyd, a site-selection consultant. “For projects like this, Georgia Tech is very much part of, and is front-and-center in, the courting process,” Boyd said. Google agreed to anchor Selig Development's 1105 West Peachtree mixed-use project last year, and it is reportedly considering expanding its presence there to more than 400K SF. But Boyd said names like Microsoft and Google elevate a city's reputation as a technology hub on the world stage. “Atlanta is in the big leagues," Boyd said. "Anytime you get an endorsement from Microsoft, that's huge. This Microsoft project could have easily gone to an Austin. This is a major win." See Also: 'If It's Good Enough For Our Clients': Brokerages Start Returning To The Office
 

nice

[Peddayana]

nice 

[sureshkonda]

Ey city ki movie aythe endi vaa ? Ippudu anni companies work from home option isthunnayi. Cities la undudu waste.

[Peddayana]

1 minute ago, sureshkonda said:

Ey city ki movie aythe endi vaa ? Ippudu anni companies work from home option isthunnayi. Cities la undudu waste.

Big companies presence unte lot of other companies will come , ecosystem improve avutundi

wfh may not last for all companies , sooner or later we will work in office at-least partially

[JambaKrantu]

1 minute ago, sureshkonda said:

Ey city ki movie aythe endi vaa ? Ippudu anni companies work from home option isthunnayi. Cities la undudu waste.

You still want to live close if you have to go into the office every now and then. You can't live in Wisconsin when your job is in Atlanta. After Covid is over, even if your job is remote you are expected to go in every and then..

[dasara_bullodu1]

Companies moving to east coast is nothing new ... that's  the next viable step... already Amazon started the game

[JambaKrantu]

2 minutes ago, dasara_bullodu1 said:

Companies moving to east coast is nothing new ... that's  the next viable step... already Amazon started the game

East Coast kadu South

[no01]

13 minutes ago, dasara_bullodu1 said:

Companies moving to east coast is nothing new ... that's  the next viable step... already Amazon started the game

East coast ki worst man....too expensive, cramped, old, and weather wise bad. The only good is there are many jobs, ledante worst place.

[dasara_bullodu1]

16 minutes ago, JambaKrantu said:

East Coast kadu South

Not complete south ...

[dasara_bullodu1]

3 minutes ago, no01 said:

East coast ki worst man....too expensive, cramped, old, and weather wise bad. The only good is there are many jobs, ledante worst place.

past lo anni bad e untayi... look towards future

west coast chudu slums etc ... public transport develop kaledu

west coast is breathtakingly beautiful though

[sureshkonda]

34 minutes ago, JambaKrantu said:

You still want to live close if you have to go into the office every now and then. You can't live in Wisconsin when your job is in Atlanta. After Covid is over, even if your job is remote you are expected to go in every and then..

Assalu office culture anedi undadu vaa future la. 95% corps wfh isthunnayi unless manufacturing, warehouse la pani jesthe thappa.covid 19 valla chala companies ki wfh cost saving advantages  kanipisthunnayi

[JambaKrantu]

18 minutes ago, dasara_bullodu1 said:

Not complete south ...

Atl, Dallas, Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham, Austin are the hot spots in south now..

[JambaKrantu]

6 minutes ago, sureshkonda said:

Assalu office culture anedi undadu vaa future la. 95% corps wfh isthunnayi unless manufacturing, warehouse la pani jesthe thappa.covid 19 valla chala companies ki wfh cost saving advantages  kanipisthunnayi

Chala expect chestunnav, around 10 to 15% of the jobs might stay remote, rest will not become 100% remote forever.. They might reduce office space by removing dedicated cubicles and have people come in on a rotating basis..But you still need stay close to the client building and go in to the office as needed..