According to The Next Web, Apple has had a planning request approved to build on off-site restaurant for employees primarily so that staff can talk freely amongst themselves during their breaks without worrying about any possible eaves-droppers from other competing companies.
The new cafeteria approved by the Cupertino Planning Commission, will be located a short walk or drive from Apple‘s Infinite Loop headquarters and will provide a meeting room, restaurant, lounge areas and courtyard facilities.
At a meeting held on Tuesday when the plans were approved, Apple‘s director of real estate facilities, Dan Whisenhunt explained that “œWe like to provide a level of security so that people and employees can feel comfortable talking about their business, their research and whatever project they‘re engineering without fear of competition sort of overhearing their conversations.”
Whereas the current Caffe Macs located at Apple’s HQ on site, allows visitors, the new off-site restaurant will be exclusively for Apple employees and provide them with the privacy they need to talk freely.
The new restaurant is a short-term solution for Apple who are planning on building its brand new “Spaceship” headquarters once those plans are approved which will accommodate 13, 000 of its employees on 2.8 million square feet.
The image below from the Cupertino Council website shows what the restaurant will look like once completed:
