The Venture Capital Post writes today that Google has leased a location in the Mission District at 298 Alabama Street near the corner of 16th Street.

The report from the Venture Capital Post comes from the subscription-based Financial Times. The FT reports that Google declined to comment on its story. Sources told the FT that the company leased the space to house engineers who do not want to travel to Silicon Valley.

The travel between San Francisco and Silicon Valley has also created controversy around the buses that pick up workers living in the Mission District and shuttle them to Silicon Valley.

From the looks of the building, Google employees will not be moving in for awhile. Many of the windows are out and restoration work is in progress.

HBC, an international cell phone company, has also recently expanded in the Mission District.

On the Google move, the Venture Capital Post writes: