Survey Monkey Signs for New Building

DIY survey firm Survey Monkey has signed on as the anchor tenant for a new development in its home city of Palo Alto, California, as it looks for room to grow. The move is scheduled for early 2014.

The company is already based in the city, as are around 70 percent of its 200 employees. According to www.paloaltoonline.com , the site is one of the legendary tech hub's 'newest and most ambitious developments', at the former Shell gas-station site on the corner of Alma Street and Lytton Avenue - and is seen as the city's 'gateway building'.

Survey Monkey, currently at 285 Hamilton Ave., plans to lease the top three floors and a rooftop deck at the new site. Spokeswoman Becky Cantieri said the site was 'the perfect opportunity' for the firm, adding: 'It's right across from the train station, and a significant number of our employees take the train.'

Last year the firm launched a DIY sampling service, a Brazilian office and an online Question Bank.

Claiming - rather cheekily we think, but then that's appropriate - to be 'the world's largest survey company', the firm is online at www.surveymonkey.com .