Office building owners in San Francisco who have been hoping that the artificial intelligence boom—the city is the leading global AI tech hub—will drive a recovery of the beleaguered office sector got a bright green shoot of hopeful news this week.

Scale AI, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence data-scaling company, has inked a deal to sublease three floors, or about 180K SF, from Airbnb in Showplace Square.

The deal for the space at 650 Townsend Street-the largest office lease completed in San Francisco so far this year-more than triples the footprint of Scale's existing HQ in the city, according to a report in the San Francisco Business Times.

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