Pear Theater founder and creative director Diane Tasca sits overlooking the stage of her Mountain View theater whose lease will be up in two years. View Larger A cluster of tiny tenants in the Shoreline industrial district of Mountain View is feeling a giant squeeze. On one side search engine Google Inc. continues to expand and buy property along the seaside enclave. Software giant Microsoft Corp. which already leases square feet of Shoreline offices also is expanding. It recently leased another square feet near its existing buildings that abut U.S. Highway and is widely believed to be on the search for more. The twin developments are exerting a vise like grip on a string of small businesses and a tiny theater at Pear Ave. a Shoreline street immediately adjacent to Microsoft. The tenants small industrial building has been acquired by Google which has made clear that it will not renew the leases past . But the Internet giant has not announced what it intends to do with the Pe! ar Avenue property. Google s silence also is leading to speculation. The Pear Avenue building and a similar one next door that Google also has acquired are well removed from Google s Amphitheatre Parkway headquarters. They also are the lone properties the company has acquired in this particular area of Shoreline. This article is for Paid Print Subscribers ONLY. If you are already a East Bay Business Times subscriber please create or sign into your bizjournals.com account to link your valid print subscription and have access to the complete article. Become a Print Subscriber For immediate access to this article as well as the most recent edition of East Bay Business Times online become a print subscriber. Already have an Account Email Address Password Forgot Your Password All contents of this site c American City Business Journals Inc. All rights reserved
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