re:Invent
re:Invent tower with Doppler on the left and Day 1 on its right.
Re:Invent is located in Seattle WA Downtown
Re:Invent
Location within central Seattle
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice building
Address2121 8th Avenue
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Coordinates47°36′59″N 122°20′20″W / 47.61639°N 122.33889°W / 47.61639; -122.33889
Construction startedNovember 2016
OpenedJune 2019
OwnerAmazon
Height
Roof520 feet (160 m)
Technical details
Floor count37
Floor area1.1 million square feet (100,000 m2)
Design and construction
Architecture firmNBBJ
Main contractorSellen Construction
Other information
Parking1,128 stalls
References
[1][2]

re:Invent is a 37-story high-rise office building on the Amazon headquarters campus in Seattle, Washington, United States. It opened in 2019 and houses 5,000 employees as one of three major high-rise towers on Amazon's campus in the Denny Triangle neighborhood north of Downtown Seattle.

History

The site, located between the Amazon Spheres and Westlake Avenue, was formerly home to a Toyota car dealership that moved to SoDo in 2015. Unlike its neighboring towers, Doppler and Day One, construction of the third tower was delayed while the existing dealership building was re-used as a hub for Prime Now deliveries.[3] The Prime Now hub was relocated to SoDo in October 2016 and construction on the third tower began the following month.[4]

The building opened in June 2019 and was named "re:Invent" for an annual cloud computing conference hosted by Amazon. It houses 5,000 employees, primarily working for the company's cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services, and also has ground-level retail spaces.[5]

One of the retail spaces in the building is an Amazon 4-star store that sells items rated four stars or higher. It opened in August 2019.[6] A food hall operated by San Francisco-based China Live was announced to occupy 13,000 square feet (1,200 m2) of the building's retail space in February 2020, but was later delayed and ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

In November 2023, the Gage Academy of Art announced that it would move into the vacant ground-level retail space at re:Invent in mid-2024. The 14,000-square-foot (1,300 m2) facility will serve 3,000 students. Other retail spaces in the complex are filled by Glassybaby and record label Sub Pop's store.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Amazon Tower III". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
  2. ^ "The Garden". Emporis. Archived from the original on 2016-03-02.
  3. ^ Stiles, Marc (July 2, 2015). "Why hasn't Amazon started building its third downtown Seattle high-rise?". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  4. ^ Stiles, Marc (November 8, 2016). "It's a go: Construction starts on Amazon's third tower". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  5. ^ Romano, Benjamin (June 27, 2019). "Mayor Durkan says Amazon's relationship with Seattle City Hall much improved a year after head tax". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  6. ^ Romano, Benjamin (August 14, 2019). "Amazon opens 4-star store at Seattle headquarters as online giant grows physical shopping presence". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  7. ^ Guarente, Gabe (April 30, 2021). "Hyped Food Hall China Live Won't Be Coming to Seattle After All". Eater Seattle. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  8. ^ Vansynghel, Margo (November 16, 2023). "Seattle's Gage Academy of Art moving into Amazon building". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
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