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Bellevue

Fast-growing WeWork expands to Bellevue with big lease as demand for co-working keeps soaring

WeWork, the fast-growing operator of shared workspaces with more than 70,000 members worldwide, is expanding its footprint in the Seattle… Read More

Amazon expanding outside Seattle with giant new Bellevue office lease

Amazon, which originally started out of Jeff Bezos’ Bellevue, Wash., garage before permanently planting its flag in Seattle, is poised to… Read More

Inside the new Microsoft Technology Center in the Seattle region

Microsoft unveiled its newest Microsoft Technology Center Wednesday night, a facility designed to show off the company’s newest innovations to customers and partners.… Read More

Chinese ad buying company iPinYou opens U.S. HQ in Seattle region

iPinYou, a Chinese company that automates programmatic digital ad buying through bidding algorithms, has opened a U.S. headquarters, and it has chosen… Read More

365 by Whole Foods Market

Can Whole Foods keep pace with innovation? Inside the grocery chain’s new high-tech ‘365’ store

Wandering aimlessly around the supermarket appears to be a thing of the past. Retailers are increasingly catering to people who either don’t want… Read More

Startup Spotlight: ActiveGiver wants to ‘level the playing field’ for campaign contributions

Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid — and Barack Obama’s before him — proved the power of grassroots donations. But a wealthy minority… Read More

Odle Middle School team

Bellevue middle schoolers soar to championship in world’s largest rocket contest

A team of middle schoolers from Bellevue, Wash., nicknamed the Space Potatoes, captured the top prize at the 2016 Team America… Read More

Expedia at 20: Top execs reflect on past challenges, acquisitions, and the journey ahead

BELLEVUE, Wash. — The lobby of Expedia Inc.’s headquarters transformed into an airport runway in celebration of the company’s 20th… Read More

REI plans to relocate HQ from Kent to Bellevue’s Spring District

Bellevue’s business and technology scene continues to grow, with REI today announcing plans to relocate its headquarters to the city.… Read More

Inside Expedia’s expansion plans: New Seattle campus could hold up to 12,000 workers by 2030

Expedia is pulling back the curtain on its long-term vision for the 40-acre site the company bought for its new Seattle… Read More

Bellevue enterprise software company Apptio reportedly positioning for IPO

Apptio has been discussed as possible IPO candidate for some time now, but it appears as if the Bellevue-based enterprise… Read More

Microsoft shrinking footprint in Seattle and Bellevue as new Redmond building goes up

Microsoft is consolidating its operations in Seattle and Bellevue, Wash., shifting employees around and shedding some of its extra space in those regional satellite offices.… Read More

Check out this view: Inside Expedia’s new Seattle headquarters campus

Expedia this morning confirmed that it will move to Seattle, buying the former Amgen waterfront campus for nearly $229 million… Read More

Expedia confirms Seattle move, will buy Amgen campus for $229M, relocate from Bellevue by 2018

Breaking News: Online travel giant Expedia just confirmed that it will be moving its headquarters from Bellevue to Seattle —… Read More

News Brief

Distributed systems startup Basho relocates HQ to Bellevue

Another tech company is relocating to Washington. This time it’s Basho, a six-year-old startup known for Riak, its open-source distributed… Read More

Here’s what Oculus VR has planned for its virtual reality research lab in Bellevue

As a part of an interview at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York today, Oculus VR co-founder and CEO… Read More

Microsoft opens 35 retail stores in past year, now up to 83 in North America

Microsoft gave an end-of-year report on its retail stores this morning, saying that it opened a total of 35 stores… Read More

Nearly 300 people at the Surface 2 launch event near Microsoft’s headquarters

There are close to 300 people gathering at the Bellevue Square Mall in Washington for the Surface 2 midnight launch… Read More

F5 latest tech company to open Bellevue office, set to hire 50

Add F5 Networks to the growing list of tech companies setting up an extra development office east of Seattle. F5,… Read More

Turn your travel photos into a movie with Expedia’s ‘Find Yours’ app

Toss out iMovie and Windows Movie Maker — Expedia’s new app is turning your travel photos into a mini-movie with… Read More

Shopping 2020: What will the future of e-commerce look like in eight years?

Imagine, for a second, that it is the year 2004. The latest trends are Bluetooth technology, the revolution of video… Read More

Motricity to terminate lease at downtown Bellevue HQ

Motricity, the mobile software company, has entered into a lease termination agreement for the 8th, 9th and 10th floors at… Read More

Tesla Motors sets grand opening for Bellevue store, plans to close Seattle showroom

A few weeks ago, we told you about Tesla Motors’ plans to open a new store on the second floor… Read More

Bursting at the seams at Bellevue HQ, Expedia inks lease next door

Expedia has outgrown its downtown Bellevue headquarters location in Tower 333, and as a result plans to expand into a… Read More

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