At ‘Hacker Hostels,’ Living on the Cheap and Dreaming of Digital Glory. AirBnB’s new offices will cost as much as $97 million over 10 years. 888 Brannan: new home of AirBnB Update: If you were looking for signs of hyper-inflation in the San Francisco real estate market, then look no further than 888 Brannan, an iconic 95-year-old building that till recently has played home to San Francisco’s Jewelry Mart. This building is across the street from the San Francisco Concourse Exhibit Center, which is often used to host tech industry events such as Techcrunch Disrupt and Jason Calacanis’ Launch conferences. It is yards away from the Zynga offices and it has a new tenant. It is the new home for AirBnB, a San Francisco-based person-to-person room, apartment and house-rental company that is soon going to be moving to new offices. Earlier this week when driving by the building I noticed that the Jewelry Mart was gone wasn’t there was some furious activity going in the building.
Pinterest incidentally has moved into 808 Brannan, not too far from the new AirBnB offices. Thank god both these companies are flush these days. In San Francisco, Tech Firms Happy With ‘B’ Space - Developments. In A Key Shift, Pinterest Is Leaving Palo Alto And Moving To San Francisco. DreamWorks Animation Moves Into New Silicon Valley Home. New movies are on the way, and new jobs are being sought. The red-hot technology market isn't just for iPads these days. Animated movies are also big business, and DreamWorks Animation is reaping the rewards. The company, bought by DreamWorks back when it was PDI (also Bay Area-based), has been on a hot streak. Now, it's got a new home. Hollywood mogul and company CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg cut the ribbon Thursday in Redwood City, alongside the ecstatic mayor , Alicia C.
While employees sipped champagne, Katzenberg gamely posed with giant mascots from "Madagascar. " Gail Curry, who heads the animation division, said job candidates love the fact that "they don't have to go to Hollywood" to get quality movie-making jobs. For the rest of us, it's just cool to see the movies. If You Can Make It in Silicon Valley, You Can Make It . . . in Silicon Valley Again.