Facebook Spends $269 Million on Headquarters

It was about a year ago that Facebook moved into its new headquarters. Although the company is known for leaving its offices unfinished to represent the work that has yet to be done, it looks like construction is slowing down.

At BuildZoom we love new buildings, especially those designed by Frank Gehry. Last month, our quest to collect all the building permits around the country finally led us to Menlo Park and we couldn’t resist looking into what Facebook has been up to.

While it pales in comparison to the $5 billion estimated for Apple’s new campus, the $269 million permit estimated price tag is nothing to balk at. The primary permit alone for 1 Facebook Way, designed by Gehry to fit all employees in the same room, was $177 million.

In fact, this is the most expensive permit filed in the history of Menlo Park. (Number two was the $65+ million spent on the Rosewood Hotel at 2825 Sand Hill Road).

Here are some highlights from the permit filings:

* Facebook is going green. There were a total of 8 permits directly related to solar energy, totaling $8,105,261. The largest project was a $4.4 million project to put 1.4 MW of solar canopies in the parking area, and other projects put smaller amounts of solar on 6 different rooftops. They filed several permits for electrical vehicle charger stations, which they use to give employees free EV charging. In total, we estimate that Facebook has over 5 MW of solar panels – enough to power 1,250 typical California homes.

* Facebook is taking care of its employees. Here is a list of our 5 favorite projects found in Facebook permit data (across all of their Menlo Park offices)

Level 10 Construction was the primary contractor for the new building at 1 Faceboook Way, replacing SC Builders, who was the primary contractor for the 10 buildings at 1 Hacker Way. Cupertino Electric, the same company that did electrical work for Apple and Google, filed all of the permits related to solar power.

You can see all of the permits filed at Facebook’s headquarters, and keep track of new activity, by using our property pages:

1. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1-facebook-way-menlo-park-ca

2. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1-hacker-way-menlo-park-ca

3. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1-hacker-way-bldg-10-menlo-park-ca

4. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1-hacker-way-bldg-11-menlo-park-ca

5. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1-hacker-way-bldg-12-menlo-park-ca

6. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1-hacker-way-bldg-14-menlo-park-ca

7. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1-hacker-way-bldg-15-menlo-park-ca

8. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1-hacker-way-bldg-16-menlo-park-ca

9. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1-hacker-way-bldg-17-menlo-park-ca

10. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1-hacker-way-bldg-18-menlo-park-ca

11. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1-hacker-way-bldg-19-menlo-park-ca

12. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1601-willow-rd-menlo-park-ca

13. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1601-willow-rd-bldg-10-menlo-park-ca

14. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1601-willow-rd-bldg-11-menlo-park-ca

15. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1601-willow-rd-bldg-12-menlo-park-ca

16. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1601-willow-rd-bldg-14-menlo-park-ca

17. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/300-constitution-dr-menlo-park-ca

18. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/301-constitution-dr-menlo-park-ca

19. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1601-willow-rd-bldg-16-menlo-park-ca

20. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1601-willow-rd-bldg-17-menlo-park-ca

21. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1601-willow-rd-bldg-18-menlo-park-ca

22. https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/1601-willow-rd-bldg-19-menlo-park-ca