Microsoft leases 26-story building in downtown Bellevue

Seattle PI | at | by Mike

Microsoft has leased another big office tower in Bellevue, cementing its future position as the city's largest employer.

The company's 561,000-square-foot lease of City Center Plaza, a 26-story building under construction in downtown Bellevue, will give it room for an additional 2,000 employees in the city, a spokesman said Thursday. Counting that space and other projects already leased by the company, Microsoft is expected to have room for more than 7,500 employees in Bellevue a year from now.