Facebook is Expanding their Real Estate Footprint in Austin

We’ll be the first to say it, we think Facebook is expanding their office in Austin!

Recent building permits added to Buildzoom’s system for suites 900 through 1200 at 300 W 6th Street alerted us to the work. As far as we know, Facebook is located on just the 10th floor of the building. Although the permits do not indicate when Facebook began leasing each suite, it appears to be connecting floors 9 through 12, essentially quadrupling their initial space.

Starting at the beginning of 2016 we have seen twenty-four permits filed across the four floors. According to permit estimates the work to date totals $11.2 million. In addition to a general remodel on all four floors, permits indicate there is a $4.9 million interior remodel to create an accessory food service for employees only, an internal staircase connecting the four floors, and an external stairway giving the 9th floor direct access to the adjacent eight story parking lot. Permits also show us the space occupied by the office on each floor is a little over 27,000 square feet, meaning the total office is around 108,000 square feet.

Belfour Beatty Construction has been hired by Facebook for the project. You can see all the permits filed for the project and follow the progress of the work on each of our pages for the suites where there is work being done. Work is still going on so make sure not to miss any updates!
300 W 6th Street, Austin TX

• *Suite 900

• *Suite 950

• *Suite 1000

• *Suite 1100

• *Suite 1200

Update – July 7, 2016:

The post mentions all building permits submitted to the City of Austin for the project, as of the time of writing. The list includes permits regardless of their marked status, and currently includes two rejected permits: one for the proposed remodel of Suite 1000 and another for the proposed cafeteria.

In Austin, a rejected status is common and is often temporary, indicating that the work plan needs to be modified before work can commence. The city often rejects building permit requests while providing detailed comments on the reasons for doing so. This grants the contractor 180 days from the initial submission to provide an updated plan, satisfying the city’s comments on the initial rejected plan. According to the city’s building department this happens often and contractors almost always update their plans after rejection.