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San Francisco’s Mission District is bustling with startups. With converted, wide open office spaces, co working spaces and incubator programs, The Mission is roaring with activity.

Now, despite the outrage San Francisco residents have been showing Google’s private employee buses, the company has decided to take up residence right in the mission district.

According to Business Insider Google has acquired 35,000 square feet of office space at 285 Alabama Street.

Google already has a large corporate office in San Francisco and of course their headquarters is about 40 minutes up the road in Mountain View.

According to Google’s new neighbors in the Mission District, the company plans to use the space to house recently acquired startups that they don’t want at headquarters or at the San Francisco office.

The new space keeps the acquired companies close enough where Google can keep an eye on them or be there as a resource for them, yet far enough that they still feel like an independent company. Housing these companies away from campus would also allow them to work on stealth products and features that they don’t want others in the company to see.

Although Google is one of the best places to work, having the Mission District office will continue to create a startup atmosphere for the newly acquired companies.

Google recently completed it’s acquisition of Nest Labs. They also announced an acquisition this weekend of Israeli tech firms Slick Login. Both companies would make perfect candidates for the new space.