The space is classified as grade-A and is located in the 1918 Eighth Avenue building in central Seattle, which was completed less than two years ago but has been largely without tenants ever since.
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Investment, development and management firm Schnitzer West has welcomed the commitment to Seattle office space from Amazon as positive news for one of the largest buildings on its books and for the city as a whole.
The Eighth Street site will become roughly 95 per cent full once the company’s staff are moved in as intended.
Dan Ivanoff from Schnitzer West said, “We are extremely pleased to have Amazon as a tenant at 1918 Eighth Avenue.”
Amazon is a Seattle-based company with operations around the world and its headquarters in another part of the city. The firm’s newest areas of Seattle office space will be within a 36-storey, LEED-accredited development.
The company’s move to 1918 Eighth Street has been rumoured for several weeks, and local real estate analysts are hoping that the large-scale commitment to the city will have a positive impact on the office space market in central Seattle.
Editor’s notes: Amazon signed a lease for 460,000 square feet of office space at 1918 Eighth Avenue in March 2011, equating to approximately two-thirds of the property.
It was sold later that year to an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase for $350 million.
JPMorgan sold the asset to Hudson Pacific Properties for $625 million in 2020.
Amazon then increased its footprint at the property it calls Blackfoot.
In August 2025, it was reported that Hudson Pacific Properties had secured a $285 million refinancing loan to pay down debt on the property.