California-based tech giant Cisco Systems has planned 13 buildings in Boxborough and Littleton totalling 1.5 million sf and is seeking approval to develop 500,000 sf in three additional buildings for a total of 2 million sf. At the Boxborough office campus, the network switching and routing company's "second home" in Massachusetts, only a small portion of the currently unoccupied 10-building campus has been built. This week Cisco decided in favor of outfitting the three half-built facilities on the site; employees could occupy the buildings in 18 months or more. Cisco, looking to future growth, is seeking approval to develop an additional 500,000-sf in 3 buildings on the site. In Littleton, no construction has yet begun on Cisco's approved three-building development. Cisco hopes to consolidate its scattered Lexington, Chelmsford, Franklin, Lowell, and Acton offices with these new facilities.
