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Airbnb does things differently. Since 2009 they have been making waves in the residential rental market with their online marketplace. So it was no surprise that when it came to building and designing their European headquarters in Dublin they broke the mold again, working with the developer and architect from the outset of the process to create an office that is at the cutting edge of the way people and companies want to work today. In 2016, they moved their headquarters to a disused Dublin warehouse in Grand Canal Dock. The new office, dubbed simply The Warehouse, is Airbnb's second-largest office worldwide. It has over 36.5K SF and is comprised of 26 'neighbourhoods'. More than 500 people work across customer experience, human resources, finance, 'trust and safety' and IT in the Dublin HQ. Airbnb in Dublin epitomises just how rapidly tech firms can expand. It established its first presence in the city in 2013 with eight people working out of a house. By January 2014 it had moved into 21K SF at the Watermarque building. By 2016 it was opening its new Warehouse office and keeping the space at Watermarque. Airbnb EMEA Real Estate and Facilities Manager Michelle Kelleher told Bisnow how it arrived at the concept and its future plans for Dublin and Europe. 
Bisnow: What is Airbnb's real estate plans for Dublin and Europe? Will you be expanding in the near future, and if so where? Kelleher: We have had a busy couple of years, with London and Dublin expanding in 2016. In 2017, the…
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