TechCrunch reported on Saturday that Facebook is close to a deal to move to the former Sunsite from its current 150, 000 square foot home on California Avenue in Palo Alto, close to the Stanford University campus.
The firm on Friday declined to disclose to The New York Sun the names of its clients, but its Web site says they include industry leaders and foreign direct investors in sectors that include energy.
The activists had said they wanted to build a village on the site, calling it Bab al-Shams (Gateway to the Sun), after a famous novel about Palestinian history.
As illustrated by the collapse of the magnificent antique citadel at Bam, the largest sun dried bricks (adobe) building in the world and a World Heritage Site, during the devastating earthquake that struck this ancient Iranian city, cultural heritage sites themselves are threatened by earthquake destruction.
Several pieces of evidence at the crash site -- including a parachute believed to have been used as shelter from the sun -- indicate the strong probability Copping survived the landing.