Driven by Apple and HP, business is booming in the two firm’s home city of Cupertino, and a grateful city council has made available near half a million square feet of office space in the city for use by the big companies there.
The city council voted 3-2 on July 21 to allocate an additional 483,053 square feet of office space, and this space is exclusively reserved for big companies in Apple’s league.
“We live in a pretty rich city,” councilwoman Dolly Sandoval told Cupertino Courier, “and I don't mean rich as in wealthy, I mean rich with people and active companies. I want to encourage growth of these major companies.”
Apple and HP are the biggest sales tax producers and employers for the city,
