红木城—-硅谷新秀

红木城在近几年来好评如潮让人迅速熟记。一度被视为硅谷的外围城市，红木城充满活力的市中心和繁华的初创场景却让这个原本沉睡的小镇变成了硅谷炙手可热的高科技中心，它是一个将经济增长和生活享受有机结合的城镇之一。 虽然红木城是半岛最古老的城镇（成立于1867年），但它的市中心却因其新建筑而被称为最年轻、最新颖、最有活力的市中心。随着城市在2012年批准总体规划重建的市中心，开发商因此仅在市区就申请了50万平方英尺商业开发的空间，和1,400个住宅单位，将这座高水准的市中心在生活和工作区之间很好的融合在了一起。 红木城繁华市中心的吸引力正在被多家初创和成熟企业的所吸引。随着帕罗阿托、山景城和门洛帕克这类既昂贵和稀有的办公空间的限制，红木城的市中心地段和加州火车的便利车站将这座城市变成了新区域商业租赁的抢手点。例子比比皆是，包括Box有限公司在这里租赁了33.4万平方英尺的空间，并将设立在帕罗阿托的总部转移至红木城的市中新大楼。斯坦福大学在红木城拥有35英亩地，他们将在此构建150万平方英尺的新行政办公楼，腾出主校区为大学的学术做长远的发展规划。谷歌最近也在距离山景城校区附近购买了红木城的Pacific…

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