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MySpace Losing $1 Million Per Month On Empty Offices

Don't be shocked if ads for 420,000 square feet of office space start popping up all over MySpace.  It seems that the social networking company no longer intends to use a particular facility, but until it can unload the space, has gotten stuck paying over $1 million per month.

New Googleplex Established In Brussels

Google has branched out (or more accurately, built up) yet again.  Simon Hampton, Director of European Policy and Public Affairs, announced today that the search giant's established a Googleplex in Brussels, Belgium. Hampton explained on the European Public Policy Blog, "Until now, our small policy team in Brussels worked from temporary abodes.  From now on, you can find us at Chausse d'Etterbeek 180 1040 Bruxelles, right in the heart of the European quarter."

Google Maps Takes Another Crack At Real Estate

There's about a month left before the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit becomes a thing of the past, and - perhaps like many individuals - Google's not going to let this opportunity slip away.  The search giant's upgraded Google Maps's real estate options in several different ways.

Plan For Impressive "Yahooplex" In Motion

Either Yahoo learned nothing from the real estate bubble, or the company's got something pretty fantastic up its sleeve.  Or it's just sending out feelers, not preparing to pour concrete.  Anyway, a fresh report indicates that Yahoo's taken a step towards building a large, new campus.

Twitter Lines Up New Office Space

If you happen to know any Twitter employees, start saving cardboard boxes for them.  The company that's associated with short messages has acquired a bigger office space and should soon move a couple of blocks within San Francisco.

Google Adds Real Estate to Australian Maps

Over a year ago, Google started incorporating real estate search into Google Maps in the US. Now Australia gets the feature.

Facebook Nine Days Away From New Headquarters

In nine days' time, a lot of Facebook employees will likely wind up carrying cardboard boxes full of office supplies to their cars.  Fans of the social network don't need to worry about the company going under, though; instead, everyone will just be relocating to a vastly bigger workspace at the Stanford Research Park. 

Microsoft Setting Aside Seattle Expansion Plans

Sometime this spring, construction of a Seattle development known as 2201 Westlake should be completed.  There will be 14,000 square feet of ground floor retail space, 134 condominium units, and 302,200 square feet of office space.  Only the office space may remain empty, because Microsoft has backed away from it.

Google Language, Land Expansions Take Place

It seems that a little recession isn't going to halt everyone's favorite search giant.  Google is continuing to branch out, with a recent growth spurt seeing it buy more land in Mountain View and make sure people who speak all sorts of languages can use its products.

Google Opens New Office For Federal Enterprise Sales

In a recession, steady customers are a business's best friend, and it's hard to name anything as rock-solid (impending change of leadership aside) as the U.S. government.  So Google's done a rather clever thing and opened an office for the federal division of its Enterprise Sales group in Reston, Virginia.