Google expands Miami offices as Larry Page & Sergey Brin make big residential purchases

Google parent company Alphabet has more than quadrupled its office footprint in Miami this year, following a series of massive residential real estate purchases across South Florida by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, a report has said. The search giant reportedly signed a new commercial lease to expand its regional footprint to roughly 45,000 square feet (4,180 square meters), adding to its existing 10,000-square-foot satellite office located at 1450 Brickell Avenue in Miami's financial district.Citing sources familiar with the matter, the report said that the expansion was driven in part by the co-founders setting up personal residences in the area as California prepares to hold a high-stakes ballot referendum on taxing the ultra-rich.Billion-dollar relocations by rich techies to South FloridaPage and Brin, whose combined fortune exceeds $573 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, have spent heavily on local luxury properties over the past year.…