Overview
- This spring Alphabet signed a lease to increase its Miami office from about 10,000 square feet to roughly 45,000 square feet, according to multiple reports.
- The lease followed high-value property purchases by co‑founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, with reporting showing Page spent roughly $173–188 million on Miami homes and Brin about $51 million.
- Public filings and coverage say both founders have taken steps to reduce formal ties to California by moving or terminating some business entities.
- Even after the expansion the Miami outpost remains far smaller than Google’s Mountain View and New York campuses, and it currently houses mainly sales, cloud and support teams rather than large engineering hubs.
- Analysts and reporters say the moves reflect a broader pattern of wealthy executives and some firms shifting activity to South Florida, a change that is pushing up local real-estate prices and altering talent and office dynamics in Miami.