Google Canada unveils new Kitchener headquarters Thursday

Google Canada will unveil a new headquartersfor its national development team in Kitchener, Ont., on Thursday.

The tech giant'sthumbprint in the regionhas grown since opening its first office there in2005.

The company says more than 350 engineers will work on Googleproducts in the new 185,000-square-foot office.

The new workspace is located in the Breithaupt Block, a formerrubber manufacturing facility that takes up a full city block.

The company says the unveiling Thursday will showcase its virtualreality technology, which was built in the Kitchener-Waterloo area,and other locally made products.