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- E-cigarette startup Juul Labs is reportedly in talks to purchase a 29-floor building in downtown San Francisco as it struggles to house a rapidly growing workforce.
- The startup has come under intense scrutiny from federal and local officials for its role in popularizing vaping with youth, the health consequences of which are still undetermined.
- A Juul spokesperson confirmed that the company's headcount grew from 200 to 2,000 people in the last year and that a majority of those jobs are based in San Francisco.
- The San Francisco Chronicle reported the deal would be among the largest in San Francisco history for a tech company that doesn't specialize in real estate.
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Juul Labs, an e-cigarette startup that has raised more than $12 billion in funding, is reportedly nearing a deal to purchase a high-rise building in downtown San Francisco to house its rapidly growing staff.
According to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle on Wednesday, Juul has its sights on 123 Mission Street, a 29-floor building near the city's Transbay area in the Financial District. The company recently purchased a renovated historic building near Pier 70 in the city's developing Dogpatch neighborhood, the report said.
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