Google made staying in Boulder priority in expansion quest

BOULDER – Google did explore other opportunities in the Denver metro area in its quest to expand its Colorado presence, but ultimately wanted to stay in Boulder.

Google announced what had been rumored in recent months locally, that the company intends to lease 330,000 square feet of office space at the pending Pearl Place redevelopment at the southwest corner of 30^th and Pearl streets.

The move would consolidate Google’s three local offices – and soon a fourth temporary space – into one location and give the Silicon Valley-based tech giant the capacity to expand from about 300 Boulder em

ployees to as many…