The Global Innovation Exchange (GIX) building in the Spring District, which is currently leased by Microsoft, is on the market for sublease. Commercial Real Estate company, CBRE, is marketing the property on their website. The address is 12280 NE District Way. According to the listing, the space is 96,231 square […]
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Bellevue Leads the Way in Challenging Regional Office Market
Kidder Matthews recently published their Seattle office CRE market. Much of the information highlighted that Bellevue has shown to be thriving in comparison to other cities in the struggling office market. Even with an increase in vacancy rates, the Eastside has maintained the lowest regional vacancy rate. Bellevue has shown […]
Meta to Sublease Office Space in Downtown Bellevue
Meta, the social media company, has announced that it will be subleasing its office space in downtown Bellevue. The company has decided to downsize its operations in the area due to changes in the nature of work brought about by the pandemic. The move will see Meta sublease up to […]
Amazon, Microsoft Announce New Layoffs in Bellevue
According to a notice that was recently filed with the Washington State Employment Security Department, 448 employees will be let go from Amazon in the Bellevue area. The notice highlights that there will be 2,300 layoffs, with 1,852 jobs being affected in Seattle. The layoffs will officially begin on March […]
Microsoft and Meta Confirm Plans to Vacate Bellevue Leases
Tenants are delaying making real estate decisions and have generally been targeting shorter term leases as Work From Home and hybrid work are embraced. To add to that, there is currently a tech downturn with huge layoffs. Meta recently confirmed that they plan to sublease their office space in the […]
Top 10 Downtown Bellevue Network Articles of 2022
Just before the beginning of the new year, we take a look back at our top 10 articles according to our readers. In 2020, the articles that were the most popular focused on how our community went through great change during COVID and 2021 was all about store closures and […]
Bellevue Downsizing and Vacancy Rates Increase as Tech Companies Embrace Work from Home and Hybrid Work
Commercial real estate brokerage, Broderick Group, recently published their Q3 2022 Eastside Office Market Overview. This included current news and trends, Eastside’s new development forecast, office market history, and more. In July 2022, Amazon announced that they would be pausing construction on six of their office towers in Bellevue. Bellevue […]
Microsoft Not Renewing Lease in Bellevue after Expires in 2023
Microsoft currently has five different leases in Bellevue. One of the leases is set to expire in years to come, and they will not be renewing it, according to Puget Sound Business Journal. The tech company confirmed that they decided not to renew the Advanta lease in September 2023. Microsoft’s […]
Bravern Office Buildings Sell for $585M
According to public records, the office towers and garage at The Bravern were recently sold for $585 million. The buildings are located at 11025 and 11155 Northeast Eighth Street. Bravern Bellevue LLC sold the towers to Invesco, an investment management company. Bravern Bellevue LLC purchased the office towers from Schnitzer […]
GameStop Now Closed at Bellevue Square
Calling all gamers, GameStop is now closed at Bellevue Square. Over the years there have been several video game stores at Bellevue Square, but GameStop’s closure marks the last dedicated video game store in the shopping center. The Microsoft Store sells games for Xbox, but is the only remaining store […]










