You mean the Sun Microsystems building in Menlo Park?
“You mean the Sun Microsystems building in Menlo Park?”
Yes, Raychem owned that property with the intention of building their World HQ there ( they even had a model in The Sales Building that showed how the property would be developed. It was marsh land that Raychem spent millions overcharging with fill and compacting it ( much like what Caltrans did for the Dumbarton Bridge approaches). They also spent $1 million to build an underpass under the Bayfront Expressway so employees could travel between the two properties. Ultimately, we had to put a solid chain link fence in it when Sun bought the property and built “Sun Quentin.” I was by there a few days ago and noticed that FB had bought, razed and built addtional buildings on the south end of what used to be Raychem pilot plants. Now the FB employees are bicycling through that underpass. And Raychem has been bought and renamed. I feel bad for Paul Cook, the guy who founded Raychem in a garage in Redwood City a half a century ago.