Comments on: Google Chases Talent to SF http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2007/05/31/google-chases-talent-to-sf/ The source on how we live, work and play Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:10:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wendy http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2007/05/31/google-chases-talent-to-sf/comment-page-1/#comment-1417 Wendy Thu, 31 May 2007 19:41:08 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2007/05/31/google-chases-talent-to-sf/#comment-1417 Interesting. I'm surprised it hadn't happened before in the Bay area. Satellite campuses in the city centre (if you follow the paradox). Electronic Arts had to do that a few years ago in Vancouver. They purchased Black Box Games because they wanted the talent and the technology. The Talent didn't want to move from working Downtown to working at the giant Electronic Arts studio in the suburb of Burnaby (which is hardly distant, but is somewhat isolated). So Electronic Arts leased the top 4 floors of the newest office tower in town (waterfront, spectacular views incidentally), moved the former Black Box group there along with some of their finance/executive/legal staff who benefit from being downtown. Interesting. I’m surprised it hadn’t happened before in the Bay area. Satellite campuses in the city centre (if you follow the paradox).

Electronic Arts had to do that a few years ago in Vancouver. They purchased Black Box Games because they wanted the talent and the technology. The Talent didn’t want to move from working Downtown to working at the giant Electronic Arts studio in the suburb of Burnaby (which is hardly distant, but is somewhat isolated).

So Electronic Arts leased the top 4 floors of the newest office tower in town (waterfront, spectacular views incidentally), moved the former Black Box group there along with some of their finance/executive/legal staff who benefit from being downtown.

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