Google Loses to LinkedIn in New Headquarters Pitch

New York Times: Early this year, Google unveiled renderings of several clear, tent-like buildings that would replace its current Silicon Valley headquarters, known as the “Googleplex.” Renderings may be about as far as the idea is likely to go. In a blow to Google’s expansion plans, the Mountain View City Council has voted to give the search giant roughly a quarter of the office space it had requested for the project, and instead awarded the lion’s share of the city’s future office development to LinkedIn.