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Photo: Cesare Salerno for The Wall Street Journal By Konrad Putzier Close Konrad Putzier * Biography * konrad.putzier@wsj.com Updated Sept. 21, 2021 5:12 pm ET Google said it is buying a Manhattan office building for $2.1 billion, one of the clearest signals yet of big technology companies' growing appetite for office space, even as these firms embrace remote work. The deal for the new building on Manhattan's West Side is the most expensive sale of a single U.S. office building since the start of the pandemic--and one of the priciest in U.S. history, according to data company Real Capital Analytics. To Read the Full Story Subscribe Sign In [wsj-logo-b] Continue reading your article with a WSJ membership View Membership Options Resume Subscription We are delighted that you'd like to resume your subscription. You will be charged $ + tax (if applicable) for The Wall Street Journal. You may change your billing preferences at any time in the Customer Center or call Customer Service. 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