New York (CNN Business) Facebook is buying a previously unused corporate headquarters from outdoor retailer REI, despite the social media company's plans to shift more of its employees to working from home. Facebook FB REI announced in August it had decided to sell the 400,000-square foot campus complex in Bellevue, Washington, that it had planned to move into this summer. But Facebook has been adding staff throughout this year and adding office space along with them. "In order to address our rapidly growing workforce, we continue to make investments in physical office locations," said a statement from Facebook. "In the second quarter of 2020, we added a record 4,200 net new employees and now have more than 52,000 employees.

Source: CNN September 15, 2020 00:11 UTC