Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer, said the company did not intend for its hometown expansion — which he described as a multibillion-dollar investment — as a comment on Amazon. That will not change on its renovated campus, but Microsoft is taking a different approach in other respects. “There’s an opportunity to build a somewhat denser campus and create a somewhat more urban feel,” Mr. Smith said. Microsoft has already started to renovate buildings to make them more open. A light-rail station on Microsoft’s campus is scheduled to open by 2023.

Source: New York Times November 29, 2017 06:00 UTC