The Cupertino City Council unanimously approved Apple Inc.’s 2.8 million square foot Campus 2 building project Tuesday.
“We’re really proud that you decided to stay here in Cupertino,” Councilman Gilbert Wong told Dan Whisenhunt, Apple’s head of real estate and facilities, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
The council had already approved of the construction last month and Apple is expected to break ground this year. Steve Jobs had pitched the proposal to the council June 2011, after they had bought the land. The company’s workforce had grown, forcing it to rent out more and more space in various buildings, and its headquarters are still overcrowded.
The new campus, unofficially nicknamed the “spaceship campus,” will include a 100,000 square foot fitness center, 120,000 square foot auditorium, and space for 2,400 vehicles. Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer has said the campus will run entirely on clean energy.
The campus was initially scheduled to open in 2015 but delays may push it back to mid-2016. Reportedly it will also be the new Apple headquarters.
