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APPLE'S HEADQUARTERS GOT FINAL
APPROVE LAST NIGHT.
DAN SIMON IS "OUTFRONT."
>>> THIS IS A SPACESHIP IN
HOLLYWOOD, THIS IS IN SILICON
VALLEY.
IT'S APPLE'S HEAD QUARTERERS IN
CALIFORNIA AND IT'S SURE TO BE
AS ICONIC AS THE COMPANY'S
PRODUCTS.
>> I THINK WE HAVE A SHOT OF
BUILDING THE BEST OFFICE
BUILDING IN THE WORLD.
>> Reporter: STEVE JOBS FIRST
SHOWED IT OFF IN 2011 IN WHAT
TURNED OUT TO BE HIS LAST PUBLIC
APPEARANCE.
HE APPROACHED THE PROJECT WITH
THE SAME METICULOUS ATTENTION TO
DETAIL FOR WHICH HE BECAME
LEGEND
LEGENDARY.
THE CAFETERIA WILL HAVE
RETRACKABLE WALLS SO EMPLOYEES
FEEL LIKE THEY ARE EATING
OUTSIDE AND A TRANSIT CENTER AND
A STRIKING LOBBY WHERE APPLE
WILL HAVE FAMOUS EVENTS TO
UNVEIL NEW PRODUCTS.
THE NEW HEADQUARTERS IS GOING
HERE, 176 ACRES OF PROPERTY AT
ONE TIME OWNED BY HEWLETT
PACKARD.
AT ONE POINT IT WILL BE SO BIG
YOU CAN FIT AN NFL STADIUM INTO
THE MIDDLE OF IT.
>> WE'VE SEEN THESE OFFICE PARKS
WITH LOTS OF BUILDINGS, AND THEY
GET PRETTY BORING PRETTY FAST SO
WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING
BETTER THAN THAT.
>> Reporter: IT'S NEARLY 3
MILLION SQUARE FEET, FOUR
STORIES HIGH AND BUILT WITH AN
UNPRECEDENTED VOLUME OF CURVED
GLASS.
>> WE'VE USED OUR EXPERIENCE IN
MAKING RETAIL BUILDINGS ALL OVER
THE WORLD NOW AND WE KNOW HOW TO
MAKE THE BIGGEST PIECES OF GLASS
IN THE WORLD FOR ARCHITECTURAL
USE.
>> Reporter: THE OUTDOORS WAS
JUST AS IMPORTANT.
HE WANTED THE BUILDING CENTER
AND OUTER PERIMETER TO BE FILLED
WITH TREES, INCLUDING APPLE
TREES.
I HEARD A MAN MADE POFOREST.
>> THEY ARE PLANTING 7,000
TREES.
THEY HAVE GONE AS FAR WITH AN
ARBOREST FROM STANFORD TO LOOK
IN THE FUTURE AS CLIMATE CHANGE
HAPPENS, WILL THESE TREES BE
ADAPTABLE.
THAT'S THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THEY
ARE LOOKING AT.
>> Reporter: THE MAYOR POINTS
OUT WHILE APPLE'S PROD DUCTS MA
IT EASIER TO WORK OUTSIDE THE
OFFICE, IT IS IN PERSON HANDS ON