Comments on: For Growing Businesses, Silicon Valley Offers The Lonely Office Park http://seedround.com/for-growing-businesses-silicon-valley-offers-the-lonely-office-park The Adventures of Startup Life and the Web. Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:45:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: You Mon Tsang http://seedround.com/for-growing-businesses-silicon-valley-offers-the-lonely-office-park/comment-page-1#comment-44 You Mon Tsang Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:47:00 +0000 http://seedround.com/for-growing-businesses-silicon-valley-offers-the-lonely-office-park#comment-44 Dylan: Let's cross our fingers on Redwood City. And you're just being provincal about San Mateo (your backyard). I'm not sure I would pick Foster City as an alternative, although it is slightly better than an office park. One thing that may work are these new developments that try to build instant new neighborhoods with housing, retail and office. In the Bay Area, think Santana Row and that complex near Hillsdale and 101 (with Whole Foods, Peets and Franklin Templeton buildings). As a former urban planner, I have a slight shudder when I think of them, but it may have to do as an alternative. Dylan:

Let’s cross our fingers on Redwood City. And you’re just being provincal about San Mateo (your backyard).

I’m not sure I would pick Foster City as an alternative, although it is slightly better than an office park.

One thing that may work are these new developments that try to build instant new neighborhoods with housing, retail and office. In the Bay Area, think Santana Row and that complex near Hillsdale and 101 (with Whole Foods, Peets and Franklin Templeton buildings).

As a former urban planner, I have a slight shudder when I think of them, but it may have to do as an alternative.

]]> By: Dylan Tweney http://seedround.com/for-growing-businesses-silicon-valley-offers-the-lonely-office-park/comment-page-1#comment-43 Dylan Tweney Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:38:15 +0000 http://seedround.com/for-growing-businesses-silicon-valley-offers-the-lonely-office-park#comment-43 Everything about RC is a shame ... that downtown has so much potential (gorgeous old architecture, lots of space, great location) and yet the downtown development has been really shortsighted for at least 10 years. I'm not sure I'd want gleaming office towers that could support 100-300 person firms in downtown San Mateo, but Redwood City could handle them easily. Your other alternative: Foster City. There's some space there that could accommodate bigger firms, and it's walking distance to Noah's, Jamba Juice, Costco, Safeway. Not exactly a vibrant downtown but it's better than a typical office park. Everything about RC is a shame … that downtown has so much potential (gorgeous old architecture, lots of space, great location) and yet the downtown development has been really shortsighted for at least 10 years.

I’m not sure I’d want gleaming office towers that could support 100-300 person firms in downtown San Mateo, but Redwood City could handle them easily.

Your other alternative: Foster City. There’s some space there that could accommodate bigger firms, and it’s walking distance to Noah’s, Jamba Juice, Costco, Safeway. Not exactly a vibrant downtown but it’s better than a typical office park.

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