By Taylor Soper
Publication Date: 2026-02-06 22:10:00
OpenAI is placing a bigger bet on the Seattle region, signing a massive new lease in Bellevue as the ChatGPT maker expands near the headquarters of two key corporate cloud partners.
The company is taking an additional ten floors at City Center Plaza in downtown Bellevue, boosting its footprint to 296,000 square feet, according to sources familiar with the matter. OpenAI previously occupied two floors in the building. It’s one of the largest AI company leases in the region.
The San Francisco-based company now has room for more than 1,000 employees at the office, based on typical commercial real estate standards. OpenAI, which arrived in Bellevue in 2024, currently employs more than 300 people in the Seattle area, according to LinkedIn data — up from around 169 in…
