Google has paid $1bn for a business park in Silicon Valley, meaning it has completed the two largest property deals in America this year.
The internet company acquired a 12-building campus in Mountain View, minutes away from its California base. Shoreline Technology Park was already largely occupied by Google.
The deal is eclipsed only by another Google acquisition — Chelsea Market, a 1.2m sq ft building in Manhattan which it bought for $2.4bn.
