The North Bayshore Neighborhood

Google has embarked on an ambitious plan to transform their Mountain View headquarters from an auto-dependent suburban office park into a walkable, bikeable, and mixed-use neighborhood in alignment with the City of Mountain View’s visionary Precise Plan for the area. 

Embedded in a restored and enhanced bay edge ecosystem and robust public realm network, the North Bayshore Framework Masterplan envisions phasing out $750 million of existing suburban office park assets and building up to 3.14 million square feet of office (1.3 million net new square feet) while adding a complete neighborhood of up to 7,000 residential units (20% as affordable units), 55,000 square feet for community facilities, 31 acres of public parks and open space, and a world-class pedestrian, bicycle, and transit network. The new neighborhood will eventually host ~20 thousand residents, ~60 thousand workers, and 3 million annual visitors.

John Bela of Bela Urbanism is serving as owner's representative and urban design advisor, working closely with Google and Lend lease partners to guide multidisciplinary design teams producing and delivering masterplan entitlement documents and design guidelines. The team is targeting LEED ND Gold or Platinum certification for the masterplan.