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Environmental report released on Facebook's expansion plans

Original post made on May 27, 2016

An environmental review says that Facebook's plan to build three 75-foot-tall buildings, adding 962,400 square feet at two proposed office buildings and 174,800 square feet at a 200-room hotel, plus 3,533 parking spots, could have some impacts determined to be "significant and unavoidable."

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Posted by member
a resident of Menlo Park: University Heights
on May 27, 2016 at 12:31 pm

"significant and unavoidable impact," related to traffic...doesn't this mean that this would produce too much development for this site.

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Posted by 70s gal
a resident of Portola Valley: Los Trancos Woods/Vista Verde
on May 27, 2016 at 12:59 pm

Why does every expansion have to be at this same location? They have the money, why not build something on the other side of the bay? So what if there are existing buildings at this site that they want to demolish. Do something else with this space.

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