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HomeAway Opens Third Austin Office

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—HomeAway Inc., a provider of online vacation rentals, opened its third Austin office, which brings 235 employees from the customer service and sales teams to the Penn Field campus, located at 3601 South Congress.

Founded in Austin seven years ago with a staff of six, HomeAway has grown to 971 employees worldwide.

In Austin, the company has outgrown its Gold-level LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified headquarters and its second office space, both located in the Market District area of Fifth Street and Lamar Boulevard in the span of three years after nearly doubling its Austin employee base to 466.

Similar to the existing HomeAway offices, the Penn Field office contains a combination of environmentally friendly features in a creative workspace. The 26,170-square-foot office uses low water consumption landscaping and control sensors that automatically respond to daylight to adjust interior lighting levels and reduce the company's energy consumption.

With a modern, industrial design, the office features a mezzanine overlooking the employee lounge where staff can play shuffleboard, a bistro stocked full of healthy snacks, a three-dimensional beach mural and an AstroTurf art installation.

The new space comes complete with a functioning garage door that comes in handy given that a fully-operational replica of the Griswold's Wagon Queen Family Truckster, featured in both the popular 1980s movie  National Lampoon's Vacation as well as HomeAway's 2010 Super Bowl commercial, is parked inside the office.

HomeAway used a number of Austin firms the development of the Penn Field space including  Red Earth Designs, CTA Architects Engineers, Kent Consulting Engineers, LP, Balfour Beatty Construction, Southwest Strategies Group and Furniture For Business.

HomeAway is based in Austin.  It provides online vacation rentals, with sites representing more than 625,000 paid vacation rental home listings throughout more than 145 countries.  

In addition, HomeAway operates BedandBreakfast.com, a site for finding bed-and-breakfast properties.