Adobe Opens New Building at San Jose HQ

Rendering of Founders Tower. Image courtesy of the City of San Jose

Adobe has opened Founders Tower, its new Class A office building in San Jose, Calif. The 18-floor project is the fourth to rise at the company’s corporate campus at 333 W San Fernando St. Employees are beginning to transfer to the building as it gradually opens, according to The Mercury News.

Located next to State Route 87, known as the Guadalupe Freeway, the 1.3 million-square-foot building includes 700,000 square feet of office space. A parking garage across five floors offers space for 1,603 vehicles, according to CommercialEdge data.

Floors at the all-electric Founders Tower average about 60,000 square feet, compared to the roughly 25,000-square-foot average at the site’s other three towers, which allows for space for an additional 4,000 employees.

The office space includes focus rooms, collaboration zones, drop-in desks and communal space, as well as a café, food hall and event dining rooms. A ground-level coffee shop and museum will be accessible to the public.

Adobe began construction at the project, which is located in an Opportunity Zone, in 2019. The Silicon Valley giant has been based in San Jose since its 1994 move from nearby Mountain View, Calif., where founders John Warnock and Charles Geschke started the company as “Adobe Systems” in 1982. The building is named for the two founders.