Google decided to purchase 76 Ninth Ave in New York City for $1.9 billion. Currently, Google occupies a couple floors of the building through a lease (approximately 500,000 sqft). The building is one of the largest buildings in NYC. This move reflects Google’s larger ambitions to expand operations within NYC… Googleplex East, Google’s New York City Headquarters may expand upon the 500+ Google engineers, salespeople, and support staff that currently work in the building.