New Businesses to SF

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• Suntech America, the U.S. subsidiary of Wuxi, China-based Suntech Power Holdings Co. chose San Francisco for its North American headquarters, a move that will bring hundreds of jobs and solidify the City's place at the forefront of clean energy.

• Cisco leased 16,000 sq.ft. in China Basin Landing, marking the San Jose-based company’s first San Francisco presence.

• New York-based web company About.com, which produces online guides on over 600 topics, moved into 505 Sansome St.


• The Wikimedia Foundation, which puts out the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia, relocated its headquarters from Florida to San Francisco. San Francisco beat out London, New York, and Washington for the new HQ, due to the City being the “epicenter of high-tech in the US, with a rich array of resources, including top talent, universities, support services and major media,” according to the company.

• Frog Design, a creative services consultancy focusing on the tech sector, signed a deal for 30,000 sq.ft. at 660 3rd Street in SoMa, consolidating its Palo Alto and San Francisco offices.

• Sapient, the Cambridge, Mass.-based technology consulting firm is back in San Francisco, opening an office at the edge of North Beach to eventually accommodate a staff of 45.

• Google has brought up to 800 employees - from engineering to sales - to San Francisco in its 210,000 square feet in Hills Plaza.

• Osprey Pharmaceuticals, a privately held biotechnology company focused on treating chronic diseases, moved its business operations, including its CEO and CFO to from Montreal to San Francisco. The move was motivated by the desire to tap into the strong biotech environment and deep talent pool in the area, according to the San Francisco Business Times.