Apple in talks to lease office space in Bengaluru

BENGALURU: Apple is in talks to lease over 40,000 square feet of office space in Bengaluru where it intends to set up a development centre, three people familiar with the development said.

“The company has signed the letter of intent with Galleria, a mixed use project in Yelahanka in Bengalore,” one of these people said. Galleria is 3 lakh sq ft office space that belongs to Standard Brick Tile Company. It has tenants such as Comviva and Atkins. Another person quoted above said the Apple facility will be spread over two floors and house its high-end development centre. An email to Apple did not elicit any response till press time. JLL India, which is the leasing agency for Galleria, refused comment on the transaction.

Apple CEO Tim Cook had in a statement on Wednesday said that Apple’s first iOS App Design and Development Centre will be set up in Bengaluru. The centre is expected to open in early 2017. Apple said the facility will also provide support and guidance on Swift, the intuitive programming language for iOS.