- Jan 24, 2011
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Twitter might be abandoning San Francisco in favor of Walmart.com's old headquarters in Brisbane, Calif.
The San Francisco Business Times said that the Brisbane location could be a viable options because it boasts 200,000 square feet and land that Twitter could build on if needed.
Twitter said in a December blog post that it has triple the number of employees that it did just a year ago. Company spokesperson Carolyn Penner told the Chronicle that Twitter's staff is now about 350 people strong.
"Based on our current growth trajectory, we can't stay on the two floors that we currently have," she said. "So, at some point we're going to have to look at other options."
But San Francisco is scrambling to keep Twitter, proposing incentives like payroll tax breaks and other offers that might motivate the social media company to stay.
"We love Twitter," Jennifer Matz, director of the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce development told the San Francisco Chronicle. "We're not surprised that other communities would like to have their headquarters located in their town, but we are going to do everything in our power to keep Twitter's headquarters here and help them find the space that allows them to grow."
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The San Francisco Business Times said that the Brisbane location could be a viable options because it boasts 200,000 square feet and land that Twitter could build on if needed.
Twitter said in a December blog post that it has triple the number of employees that it did just a year ago. Company spokesperson Carolyn Penner told the Chronicle that Twitter's staff is now about 350 people strong.
"Based on our current growth trajectory, we can't stay on the two floors that we currently have," she said. "So, at some point we're going to have to look at other options."
But San Francisco is scrambling to keep Twitter, proposing incentives like payroll tax breaks and other offers that might motivate the social media company to stay.
"We love Twitter," Jennifer Matz, director of the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce development told the San Francisco Chronicle. "We're not surprised that other communities would like to have their headquarters located in their town, but we are going to do everything in our power to keep Twitter's headquarters here and help them find the space that allows them to grow."
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