Amazon is planning three new headquarters buildings in downtown Seattle.
The buildings could be 37 stories tall and have up to 3.3 million square feet of space -- the largest development ever proposed in downtown Seattle.
They will take up to 8 years to build, reports the Seattle Times.
Architect John Savo of NBBJ, which is working with Amazon on designs, presented some early concept designs to a city review board last night. (PDF here.)
Amazon is buying up real estate in three city blocks in Seattle and plans to build a million-square-foot office tower on each block.
The company signed a purchase-and-sale agreement with the property owners several weeks ago, and that agreement included options to purchase even more property in the future. The Seattle Times says this is the biggest real estate deal Seattle has seen in years. Though the seller declined to disclose the exact terms of the deal, a representative of the real estate group said the deal was “off the charts” and that the facilities were going to be “world-class.”
