Google buys office building for New York workers

Published 10:35 pm Wednesday, December 22, 2010

NEW YORK — Google has bought a New York office building where more than 2,000 of its employees work.

The Internet search leader confirmed the purchase Wednesday, three weeks after The New York Times reported Google Inc. would pay $1.8 billion for a 15-story building that spans an entire city block.

Google Inc. didn’t disclose how much it paid for the building. The company moved into the former Port Authority building in 2006. It has become the second largest concentration of Google employees, ranking behind the company’s Mountain View headquarters.

Engineers and advertising representatives primarily work at the New York office.