Facebook said near deal for expansion of European headquarters

A visitor enters the Facebook Inc. European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. Irish ministers and executives are closely monitoring economic and market developments in the U.K. because the country is Ireland’s largest trading partner along with the U.S. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

Facebook Inc is close to a deal to lease an office building near Dublin’s International Financial Services Centre, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. 

The world’s largest social network plans to lease about 110,000 square feet (10,220 square meters) of space, the equivalent of about two American football fields, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private.