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Amazon confirms plans for big new office in Bellevue; employees set to move in this summer

Amazon has confirmed previously-reported plans to open a big new office in downtown Bellevue, Wash. GeekWire reported last year that… Read More

Ex-Amazon manager’s new startup mixes smart home tech with modular construction to make housing more affordable

Aaron Holm was an important player in Amazon’s physical retail push. As a product manager, he worked on the company’s… Read More

Aerial photos show transformational effect of Amazon’s downtown Seattle campus

A decade ago, Amazon began to transform a former industrial neighborhood into one of the nation’s top tech hubs. Now,… Read More

Amazon aims to create ‘urban treehouse’ with its new Seattle office project

Amazon is building out a forest within the three signature spheres at its new campus just north of downtown Seattle, and… Read More

The secret science of your office space: How architects are using neuroscience to make workers healthier and more productive

The ceiling height of an office can influence whether a team is better at figuring out big picture problems or hashing… Read More

Amazon scoops up yet another Seattle office building as it continues to juice downtown construction boom

Amazon has inked a lease for another new office building in Seattle, the latest sign that the online retail giant has no… Read More

Expedia to keep satellite office in hometown of Bellevue after departing for Seattle in 2019

Expedia confirmed that it plans to keep at least a chunk of office space in its current hometown of Bellevue beyond… Read More

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Inside Tableau’s new Seattle HQ: An ode to data visualization, collaboration and landscaped dog art

Tableau Software is a data visualization company, so it makes sense that the first thing that you see when entering… Read More

Study: Seattle tech boom helps spur historic apartment surge with 100k new units over 10 years

Cranes have increasingly dotted the sky in Seattle over the last few years as new towers transform the skyline. And… Read More

Google to take over former gym space from Tableau as it continues to grow in Seattle

Google’s massive new campus in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood is still a few years out, but that hasn’t stopped the search… Read More

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How Seattle’s office market became a ‘modern day gold rush’ thanks to Amazon and other tech giants

Amazon, with its more than 300,000 global employees, has emerged as one of the world’s corporate powerhouses. But the company’s impact is especially evident… Read More

Oh, Snap! Big new Seattle office lease signals major expansion for Snapchat engineering center

Snap Inc., the company behind the hit Snapchat app, is poised to significantly grow the footprint of its Seattle engineering office, GeekWire has… Read More

The latest Amazon-occupied building sale shows how far Seattle real estate has come in last decade

Investors from around the world continue to pay top dollar to get their hands on Amazon-occupied office buildings. The latest… Read More

Facebook grabs another Seattle office building, flexing its muscles again in the heart of Amazonia

Facebook is starting to look a little Amazon-like in the speed with which it is gobbling up Seattle real estate. The… Read More

Amazon scoops up more land in Seattle, pointing to potential 5th tower in new campus

Amazon has gobbled up another big chunk of land in Seattle’s Denny Triangle neighborhood, where it could build a fifth skyscraper… Read More

Expedia starts renovating old lab buildings on Seattle campus ahead of 2019 move

Expedia isn’t coming to Seattle until 2019, but crews have already begun demolishing old lab space at the company’s future 40-acre Seattle… Read More

How a tech bust almost killed one of North America’s biggest real estate projects — and what saved it

Technology companies are flocking to Kemper Development Co.’s Lincoln Square expansion project in downtown Bellevue, Wash., from Valve to WeWork,… Read More

Amazon to sponsor Urban Land Institute convention exploring technology’s impact on real estate

The Urban Land Institute will bring its annual Spring Meeting real estate convention to Seattle in May, and Amazon will be… Read More

Will Microsoft leave Seattle? How Amazon’s growth could force the region’s other tech giant out of the urban core

In 2007, Microsoft planted a flag in Seattle, announcing its intention to have approximately 1,400 employees spread around seven locations in the city.… Read More

Amazon gobbles up big Microsoft-occupied office building in Seattle

Amazon has done it again. The ever-growing online retail giant leased another big office building in Seattle, the 320,000-square-foot Westlake Terry… Read More

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Study: Seattle is middle of the pack in tech sector job growth

Seattle has been consistently ranked as one of the best tech markets in the country recently, but by at least… Read More

New York firms drop $244M on Amazon-occupied office building in Seattle

Another in Amazon’s seemingly endless roster of office buildings in Seattle has sold for a big price. This one is… Read More

Amazon leases 21-story office tower in Seattle as rapid growth continues

Amazon just opened the second building of its new Seattle headquarters last week, but that hasn’t stopped the online retail… Read More

Want to move your company into Amazon’s backyard? It’s possible, but it won’t be cheap

A shiny new office in the middle of a tech mecca will certainly help any company in the battle for… Read More

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