A rendering of the pool and rooftop deck at Anton Menlo, an apartment community being constructed in Facebook's backyard. A new housing development co-commissioned by Facebook and sprouting up in the social network's Menlo Park, Calif., backyard might be just the place to call home. This project advances both goals, by providing our employees an excellent new housing option within walking distance to campus while investing in new housing opportunities in our local community," a Facebook spokesperson told CNET. The Facebook Life Amenities for residents of an apartment building Facebook is constructing near its campus: On-site cafe, convenience store, and sports pub 
 
 Bicycle repair shop with onsite storage 
 
 Pet spa with doggy day care, pet walking services, dog park 
 
 Resort-inspired pool, spa and cabana area 
 
 Indoor/outdoor wellness, yoga and training facility with personal training 
 
 Rooftop entertainment deck with three-themed areas 
 
 Some employees had inquired about places to live near the corporate campus, she said, amid a housing shortage in Menlo Park. Facebook employees aren't expected to work there for their entire lives. To build the housing, Facebook's "amenities team" worked with developer St. Anton Partners, a San Francisco Bay area, multi-family real estate developer, to create an environment that mirrors the atmosphere of its corporate campus, where employees are encouraged to mingle and share ideas. The apartment community will also be open to non-Facebook staffers, though presumably the social network is investing in the housing complex as a convenient place to store its staffers after-hours.
– Facebook already has a swanky campus in Menlo Park, Calif., and soon, it will also have an equally swanky housing community nearby. The social network is working with a developer to build a 394-unit rental community within walking distance of company headquarters, the Wall Street Journal reports. And the 630,000-square-foot "Anton Menlo" certainly sounds like a place anyone would want to call home: Amenities include an on-site cafe and sports pub; a pet spa, dog park, and doggy day care; a yoga and training facility and other wellness services; a resort-like pool, rooftop deck, spa, and cabana; and, of course, a bicycle repair shop. The nearly 10-acre property is a redevelopment of industrial land, CNET reports. A Facebook rep says the $120 million project wasn't designed as an effort to retain employees ("We believe that people work at Facebook because what they do is rewarding and they believe in our mission"), but that some employees had in fact asked for help finding places to live. Real estate prices are going up fast in Silicon Valley, and there's currently a housing shortage in Menlo Park. But the development can only house about 10% of the local employees at most, and most of the units will be open to non-employees as well. The development will include 208 one-bedroom apartments, 139 two-bedrooms, 35 studios, and 12 three-bedrooms; it won't be complete for at least two years. See the Journal for an idea of what Anton Menlo will look like. (Or click for details of the similarly swanky remodel Mark Zuckerberg is doing on his house.)