Google to sublease Akamai’s Cambridge HQ

Google LLC plans to sublease Akamai Technologies Inc.’s current headquarters when the Cambridge-based internet giant moves into its newly constructed home across the street.  Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) will occupy floors two through nine at 150 Broadway, and plans a fall 2020 move in. Akamai will keep the first floor, but plans to move into its new headquarters at 145 Broadway this November, a spokesperson said.  “Google has finalized a deal to sublease office space from Akamai at 150 Broadway,” a Google spokesperson said in an email to the Business Journal. “This will serve as additional space to accommodate our continued short-term and long-term growth in Cambridge.” Office and lab vacancy in Cambridge's Kendall Square has been near zero for some time, as tech and biotechnology tenants flood the neighborhood in search of skilled talent and proximity to nearby institutions like MIT and Harvard University. Read More...