Seattle-based Amazon.com has leased 180,000 square feet of office space at Vulcan Real Estate’s 2201 Westlake building in the South Lake Union neighborhood, as first reported by the Seattle Times. That space is in addition to the 1.7 million square feet that Vulcan is constructing for Amazon’s new headquarters a few blocks north. Amazon employees are slated to begin moving into those offices next month, while 2201 Westlake will be occupied by Amazon by mid-year, the Times reported. The company’s current headquarters is on Beacon Hill.
Author: Gregory T. Huang
Greg is a veteran journalist who has covered a wide range of science, technology, and business. As former editor in chief, he overaw daily news, features, and events across Xconomy's national network. Before joining Xconomy, he was a features editor at New Scientist magazine, where he edited and wrote articles on physics, technology, and neuroscience. Previously he was senior writer at Technology Review, where he reported on emerging technologies, R&D, and advances in computing, robotics, and applied physics. His writing has also appeared in Wired, Nature, and The Atlantic Monthly’s website. He was named a New York Times professional fellow in 2003.
Greg is the co-author of Guanxi (Simon & Schuster, 2006), about Microsoft in China and the global competition for talent and technology. Before becoming a journalist, he did research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. He has published 20 papers in scientific journals and conferences and spoken on innovation at Adobe, Amazon, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other organizations. He has a Master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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