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Amazon begins shifting 2,000 employees from Seattle to new Bellevue office towers

by Kurt Schlosser on October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 at 12:40 pm

Amazon has moved about half of a planned 2,000 employees from Seattle to Bellevue, Wash., where the company ultimately plans to employ 25,000 people. Despite an ongoing pause in the… Read More

Amazon officially opens first phase of HQ2 in Virginia with room for 14k employees

by Kurt Schlosser on June 15, 2023June 15, 2023 at 3:49 pm

Free bananas and dogs at the office — Amazon is officially open for business at its HQ2 in Arlington, Va. The Seattle-based tech giant cut the ribbon Thursday on Metropolitan… Read More

Seattle mayor reveals top ideas in potential plan to convert some downtown office space to housing

by Kurt Schlosser on June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 at 1:30 pm

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell’s desire to potentially convert some of the city’s downtown office space into housing and other commercial uses moved a step forward with the selection of three… Read More

Inside Amazon’s Spheres: After five years, the plants and employees are living well together

by Kurt Schlosser on June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 at 1:33 pm

When the Spheres first opened on Amazon’s headquarters campus in Seattle, Jeff Bezos said the 40,000 plants inside the glass domes looked “happy.” Five years later, the employees using the… Read More

Salesforce puts Tableau headquarters building in Seattle up for sublease

by Taylor Soper on May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 at 3:32 pm

Salesforce confirmed Friday that it will list Tableau Software’s headquarters building in Seattle on the sublease market. Tableau, acquired by Salesforce for $15.7 billion in 2019, opened the NorthEdge building… Read More

Salesforce aims to shed more than 200K square feet of Tableau office space in Seattle area

by Taylor Soper on April 19, 2023May 3, 2023 at 3:16 pm

Salesforce is putting more than 200,000 square feet of Tableau Software office space in the Seattle region up for sublease. The decision comes after Salesforce said in January that it… Read More

DoorDash expanding engineering footprint in Seattle with new downtown office space

by Kurt Schlosser on November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 at 6:49 pm

DoorDash, the food ordering and delivery company, is expanding its office footprint in Seattle two years after starting an engineering outpost in the city. The company, which now employs about… Read More

Meta officially cuts ribbon on growing Bellevue office space as tech and art merge in Spring District

by Kurt Schlosser on October 12, 2022October 13, 2022 at 7:35 am

With cranes still swinging overhead and construction continuing on the Spring District in Bellevue, Wash., Meta officially threw open the doors Tuesday on its own offices at the sprawling development.… Read More

In the hybrid work era, tech companies experiment with new office layouts

by Taylor Soper on September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 at 7:08 am

Many tech companies are reducing their real estate footprints as they adopt permanent hybrid work policies spurred by the pandemic. They’re also rethinking how existing space is designed and used… Read More

Pioneer Collective moving longtime co-working space to Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood

by Kurt Schlosser on September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 at 2:21 pm

When it comes to co-working spaces in Seattle neighborhoods, Pioneer Square’s loss is Ballard’s gain. The Pioneer Collective has moved its office and meeting space to the northern end of… Read More

Amazon to add 2,500 corporate and tech jobs in expansion of Southern California tech hubs

by Kurt Schlosser on May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 at 6:20 am

Amazon plans to add more than 2,500 corporate and tech jobs across multiple sites in Southern California, the company announced Tuesday. The tech giant is already hiring for its expanding… Read More

Why Bungie is becoming a ‘digital-first workplace’ — and still plans to keep its growing office footprint

by Thomas Wilde on May 2, 2022May 6, 2022 at 2:46 pm

Bungie’s decision last month to become a digital-first workplace came as a mild surprise, given that the video game developer is expanding its headquarters space in Bellevue, Wash., and recently… Read More

Photos: Inside Google’s sprawling new campus east of Seattle as it doubles down on a return to offices

by Kurt Schlosser on April 21, 2022July 12, 2023 at 2:02 pm

Google is going gangbusters in the suburbs east of Seattle. The tech giant gave an inside look Thursday at the sprawling campus it has partially moved into and continues to… Read More

Collectors, a collectibles services company, is hiring tech vets at new office in Seattle

by Kurt Schlosser on March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 at 10:23 am

Collectors, a company that authenticates, grades and manages collectibles such a sports trading cards and autographed memorabilia, coins, video games and more, is hiring at a new office in Seattle.… Read More

In Seattle and across U.S., tech is gobbling up office space, even as remote and hybrid work takes hold

by Kurt Schlosser on February 24, 2022February 24, 2022 at 1:31 pm

Even as companies and employees continue to grapple with what the future of work will look like, and where that work will be performed, the technology sector has been gobbling… Read More

Amazon to expand further in Seattle region with big new Redmond office lease, filing reveals

by Todd Bishop on January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 at 2:16 pm

Amazon has leased another large office space in Redmond, Wash., according to a permit filing that names the tech giant as the future tenant of a building under renovation in… Read More

Meta grabbing more space in Bellevue’s Spring District with lease of fifth office building

by Mike Lewis on December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 at 1:50 pm

Looking to expand its already sizable stake in Bellevue, Wash., Facebook’s parent company Meta is making a move on another 213,000 square feet of office space in the rapidly growing… Read More

Outreach opens office in New York City as startup continues to grow presence outside Seattle

by Kurt Schlosser on December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 at 12:23 pm

Seattle sales automation company Outreach announced the opening of an office in New York City on Monday. Located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, the new space will allow employees… Read More

Facebook inks another lease in Seattle area, where it now has 7K employees and 3.3M square feet

by Kurt Schlosser on July 13, 2021July 13, 2021 at 5:01 pm

Facebook is grabbing more space in the sprawling Spring District development in Bellevue, Wash., securing a lease for Block 5, an 11-story, 345,000-square-foot office building scheduled to open in 2023.… Read More

Amazon adding more space east of Seattle in Redmond for 800 new AWS jobs, Project Kuiper lab

by Kurt Schlosser on June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 at 12:38 am

Amazon is making more real estate moves east of Seattle, adding hundreds of Amazon Web Services roles in Redmond, Wash. The tech giant is also adding more space in Redmond… Read More

Vacancy rate hits 11-year high in Seattle area as office space market enters recovery mode

by Kurt Schlosser on April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 at 10:16 am

New report: A market analysis for the first quarter of 2021 from the commercial real estate company Broderick Group expresses optimism that after a year of pandemic-induced working from home,… Read More

Amazon reveals design plans for second skyscraper as part of major campus project in Bellevue

by Kurt Schlosser on April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 at 10:44 am

Amazon has revealed its proposed design for a second office tower as part of its Bellevue 600 project, further solidifying the look and feel of the tech giant’s expanding presence… Read More

Seattle region ranks No. 1 in U.S. for tech office space leases as 14 big deals help eclipse Bay Area

by Kurt Schlosser on March 31, 2021April 8, 2021 at 9:45 am

The Seattle region is the leading U.S. market for large tech office space leases, eclipsing the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time since 2013. According to a new… Read More

Amazon leases another Bellevue office tower as it makes room for planned 25k employees in city

by Kurt Schlosser on March 9, 2021March 9, 2021 at 8:52 am

Amazon is making room for some of the 25,000 employees it plans to add in Bellevue, Wash., announcing Tuesday that it has signed a lease to occupy a 600,000-square-foot office… Read More

Signs point to Apple making its Seattle presence clear as logo appears at new office near Amazon

by Kurt Schlosser on January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 at 8:47 am

In a neighborhood where it’s tough to tell what might be an Amazon office building or just another apartment complex, Apple is moving into Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood and… Read More

Video

Geek of the Week: Furniture designer Ethan Pearl on the future office and how COVID rearranges it all

by Kurt Schlosser on August 21, 2020August 20, 2020 at 1:50 pm

Six months into a global health crisis that has redefined where and how many of us work, Ethan Pearl is ready to talk about what we’re missing at the office.… Read More

Inside Rover’s pet friendly Seattle HQ: People and dogs stretch out as company aims for more growth

by Kurt Schlosser & Taylor Soper on March 2, 2020March 3, 2020 at 6:52 am

Rover’s new headquarters has already gone to the dogs — and about 375 people, as the pet-sitting startup has just taken over five floors of the 8th + Olive building… Read More

Dogs, views, snacks and more: Vote for Geekiest Office Space ahead of 2020 GeekWire Awards

by Kurt Schlosser on February 21, 2020July 15, 2020 at 4:57 pm

Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. It takes more than a ping-pong table to attract the next talented tech professional. Office spaces across the Seattle region… Read More

Inside Zipwhip’s new Seattle HQ, where the culture gets a chance to shine and the sunsets are ‘epic’

by Kurt Schlosser on November 21, 2019November 22, 2019 at 2:19 pm

Looking across the street at Elliott Bay and the water’s edge, Zipwhip CEO John Lauer swore he saw some orcas recently from his office in the startup’s new Seattle headquarters.… Read More

Seattle’s F5 Tower rises above in ‘Cloud City’ with perks and views to wow employees and customers

by Kurt Schlosser on November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 at 4:17 pm

In a bid to wow and win over customers, F5 Networks put a splashy Customer Engagement Center on the top floor of its gleaming new 48-story office tower in downtown… Read More

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