Apple buys Sunnyvale office building as tech titan widens footprint

SUNNYVALE — Apple has bought a Sunnyvale office building in a fresh expansion for the company, a deal that suggests the Bay Area tech industry still scouts for growth opportunities despite the artificial intelligence upheaval.

The tech titan paid $162.2 million for an office building at 684 West Maude Ave. in Sunnyvale, documents filed on June 11 with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office show.

For several months, Apple has been busy buying office buildings in the South Bay. Apple’s current shopping spree began almost exactly a year ago in late June 2025.

“Apple is very committed to being here,” said Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a San Jose-based think tank. “They need space, and they are getting that space here.”

During 2025, Apple paid roughly $1.1 billion to buy several office hubs in the South Bay. All the buildings involved in those deals are in either Cupertino or Sunnyvale, county property files show.

“It’s encouraging to see that tech companies still want to be here in Silicon Valley,” Hancock said.

Cupertino-based Apple appears to have bought the office site at a favorable price, according to a review of public documents for the building, which totals about 195,000 square feet.

In 2022, the sellers in this deal, Germany-based Union Investment Real Estate GmbH and Seattle-based Metzler Real Estate Advisors, paid $222 million for the office building.

This means Apple bought the building for 26.9% less than what the sellers paid for the property about four years ago.

The slump in the building’s value may have materialized as a result of the property’s lack of occupancy, despite having an official tenant in recent years.

In 2022, LinkedIn leased the 684 West Maude office building around the time of the prior purchase.

It’s not clear, though, if LinkedIn had ever moved into the building or offered it for a sublease. Apple had never occupied the building before buying the offices this week.

Apple owns or leases at least 15 buildings in Sunnyvale, including several near the 684 West Maude building, which the company has just bought.

Last year, in the middle of its purchasing endeavors in the region, Apple noted its deep and widening ties to the South Bay.

“We’re proud to continue investing in world-class facilities here that are designed to foster innovation and collaboration amongst our team members in support of our customers around the world,” Kristina Raspe, Apple’s vice president of Global Real Estate and Facilities, said in comments the company emailed to this news organization.