Isilon Systems, the Seattle data storage company that was recently acquired by Hopkinton, MA-based EMC for $2.25 billion, is moving into a much bigger office in Pioneer Square. Isilon has leased about 140,000 square feet at Starbucks’ recently completed 505 First Avenue South building, according to a report in The Seattle Times. The building was about 80 percent vacant before Isilon agreed to move in, The Times said.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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