Office Buildings

Back in the fall of 2017, Amazon announced plans for leasing all of the office space in Rainier Square Tower, a massive project that will be the second-tallest skyscraper in Seattle upon completion. Now it appears the tech giant has abandoned these plans, as indicated in a marketing flier obtained by the website GeekWire. The […]

Facebook has confirmed a lease of 38,000 sqft in the Block 16 building of the Spring District in Bellevue, Washington. Facebook had been courting the Spring District, a 16-block mixed-use development centered around a future light rail expansion, for months, while also leasing space in several downtown Bellevue buildings. The new Facebook office will have […]

Seattle-based New Engen, a startup company focused on digital marketing platforms, recently moved into a new office at the Fourth & Battery Building in order to take advantage of its expanding workforce. The facility, previously occupied by Popcap Games, was already well-set for a tech company’s needs. The new office takes up the fifth and […]

Three years ago, Expedia announced it’s move from Bellevue to a 40-acre waterfront property on Elliott Bay formerly occupied by the pharmaceutical company Amgen. Other than renovations to old Amgen buildings and the nearby bike trail, the specific plans for the site have since been unclear. On Friday, however, ZGF Architects shared details to the […]

The future of the former Seattle Times building has once again changed direction. The building, originally built to house the newspaper in the 1930s, was purchased by Onni Group in 2013 with the intention of redeveloping the property into residential units. As of this summer, though, the real estate group has decided to instead build two […]

Last week, Vulcan Real Estate, founded by Microsoft pioneer Paul Allen, announced plans for the extension of the in-progress Google campus in South Lake Union, a neighborhood currently dominated by Amazon. The new plans will extend the campus, currently under construction, to a third block, likely adding another 322,000 sq ft to the currently 607,000 […]

Seattle’s soaring rent prices are no longer exclusive to residential properties; office space too has become premium. During the 2000s and the recession, Seattle was a cheaper place to rent office space compared to similar cities with advanced economies. In the past three years, however, Seattle’s tech boom has made it one of the more […]