WeWork this month opened its fifth location in the Seattle area, with a lot more on the way. WeWork will open three more Seattle locations this year and another next year, the company said, bringing it to nine offices in Seattle and Bellevue. A WeWork spokesperson told GeekWire that this growth will double the company’s footprint in the Seattle area. WeWork’s Seattle presence will grow even further when a 36-story tower in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood encompassing both WeWork co-working office space and the company’s WeLive residential concept opens. WeWork representatives declined to share further details about the WeLive project in Seattle. WeWork’s Seattle growth mirrors its overall global expansion. It plans to open 1 million square feet of co-working space each month, according to TechCrunch. Here is a snapshot of the new locations: These new locations join WeWork’s four other offices at Westlake Tower, 500 Yale Ave. N., the Holyoke Building and the Lincoln Square Expansion project in downtown Bellevue, Wash. WeWork has in Seattle filled out buildings new and old, taking a couple of floors in a variety of locations and neighborhoods. It has used the same playbook in other big cities around the world, and WeWork has become one of the biggest office tenants in places like London and New York. WeWork has raised $6.9 billion over its seven years of existence, including a $4.4 billion round in August. It is reportedly valued at more than $20 billion. While its co-working platform has expanded across the globe, WeWork has been adding additional services over the years. WeLive provides furnished apartments, with flexible leases and amenities like chef kitchens and high speed internet, typically in the same buildings as WeWork offices. WeWork has also gotten into managing office space for larger companies. WeWork has reportedly been developing a new product called Powered by We, which helps clients with office space searches, construction, interior design and more. Wired reported last year that WeWork offices for Amazon, Airbnb and IBM, and other enterprises could eventually farm out office building management to WeWork.
New York-headquartered flexible office space provider WeWork is expanding its presence in Seattle. The company announced Tuesday that it has signed a lease for about 50,000 square feet at the former home of Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and his wife, actress Chrissy Teigen. It plans to double its footprint in and around the city to nine bureaux, by opening three locations in 2018 and another in 2019. WeWork is continuing to diversify, with development under way on software product Powered by We, which helps clients with their office search and other property needs, and further openings of its co-living product, WeLive.