# Buying vs Renting Office Space in the Bay Area

Published 2019-09-18 · Updated 2026-07-23 · Professional AV on MarketScale
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> As rents continue to rise across the Bay Area businesses have started to alter their approach to obtaining office space. Rather than submit themselves to higher rent costs, companies are now far more likely to buy their own properties. This strategy has been adopted by some of the biggest companies in the world, like…

As rents [continue to rise ](https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Office-rents-are-so-high-that-Bay-Area-businesses-14439078.php)across the Bay Area businesses have started to alter their approach to obtaining office space. Rather than submit themselves to higher rent costs, companies are now far more likely to buy their own properties.

This strategy has been adopted by some of the biggest companies in the world, like [Google](http://google.com), [Facebook](http://facebook.com), and [Apple](http://Apple.com). Daniel Litwin and Tyler Kern discuss this approach on this excerpt from Business Casual, presented by MarketScale.

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