Apple Submits Revised Campus 2 Plans, Delays Tantau Development to Cut CostsEarlier this month, a report revealed that Apple's upcoming "spaceship" campus in Cupertino is both behind schedule and $2 billion over budget. Apple was said to be looking to cut costs on the project, which is apparent in the revised campus plans that it submitted to the city today. Apple originally planned on constructing a 600,000 square foot area of buildings (known as the Tantau Development) in two phases. Phase 1 was to take place alongside the construction of the main Apple campus, while Phase 2 would be delayed until later. In order to trim 300,000 square feet of construction costs from its budget, Apple has pushed the entire Tantau Development to Phase 2, which means it will be completed after the main campus is built.Phase 2 includes 600,000 square feet of office, research and development buildings for up to 2,200 employees along North Tantau Avenue, providing flexibility to address future business needs. Construction of Phase 2 will follow completion of Phase 1. The Tantau sites will have small satellite plants.Apple's revised campus plan includes the addition of an expanded section detailing bicycle access improvements, which comes with an included visualization of what bike pathways and sidewalks might look like on the campus. Also notable in the plan is a minor increase to parking availability and updates to public improvements, as well as a new section on Public Art that details four locations where the company plans to install art near the campus. Apple Campus 2's budget rests near $5 billion, which is said to be because Steve Jobs insisted on design quality and expensive construction methods. The Campus, a circular 2,800,000 square foot 4-story building, is designed to hold 12,000 employees and has a prospective completion date of 2016. Recent Mac and iOS Blog Stories • Drafts Updated to Version 3.0, Adding Deeper Organization and New Actions • First Reviews of Samsung Galaxy S4: Great Screen, Gimmick Features, Bad Plastic Design • Apple Reaches 45B App Downloads With $9B Paid to Developers • GoComics Offers Free Classic Comic Strips Like 'Peanuts' and 'Calvin and Hobbes' • iCloud Boasts 300M Users and 20 Percent Growth in Q2 2013 • Apple Continues to See Significant Growth in Greater China • Apple Seeds Build 12E36 of OS X Beta 10.8.4 Developers • Apple Store iOS App Updated With Push Delivery and iPhone Upgrade Notifications
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