Verizon Signals It Could Hire 700 Workers in San Jose

Verizon is sending strong signals that the cell carrier has a future in North San Jose.

The telecom giant has signed a lease on office space where it could employ as many as 700 people, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

Developer Bixby Land is responsible for the 250,000-square foot office complex, half of which will be Verizon's, the newspaper reported.

Terms of the lease were not reported -- though the $26 million renovation of the property did construct bocce ball courts and other amenities like fire pits that the modern worker requires.

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One building at the complex is still available, the newspaper reported.