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As of the date of donation, the Second floor office space was in
very good condition.
4. Third Floor Office Space
The Third floor office space has 30 feet of frontage on
Broadway in the center of the parcel. The area has 9-foot
ceilings. As of the date of donation, the Third floor office
space was unfinished and accessible only from the roof.
Subsequent to the gift, Jacobs installed a spiral staircase from
the Second floor office space and finished the Third floor area.
Jacobs intended to finish the Third floor office space prior to
his donation of the property.
III. Location of the Redwood City Fox
Redwood City, California, was incorporated in 1867 and is
the county seat of San Mateo County. San Mateo County is one of
the nine counties comprising what is commonly referred to as the
"Bay Area" of San Francisco. San Mateo County occupies most of
the peninsula south of the city and county of San Francisco. The
counties of Santa Cruz and Santa Clara are adjacent to the south.
As of 1985, San Mateo County had a population of
approximately 620,016, and was the 11th largest county in
California. The median household income in San Mateo County was
$31,806 in 1980, which was the highest in the State of
California. As of 1986, San Mateo County's economy offered
employment in construction, manufacturing, transportation,
communications, retail and wholesale trades, financial services,
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