Amazon.com's big footprint in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood just got about 10 percent bigger.
The online retail giant has leased 180,000 square feet of office space in Vulcan Real Estate's recently completed 2201 Westlake building, the companies said.
That's on top of the 1.7 million-square-foot headquarters complex Vulcan already is building for Amazon a few blocks to the north.
Amazon is scheduled to start moving into the first of those buildings next month, Vulcan spokeswoman Lori Mason Curran said. It will begin moving into 2201 Westlake by midyear, she added.
Amazon, which sells everything from books to bikes, has continued to grow despite a global economic downturn. Its Web site lists more than 900 job openings in Seattle, many for its Kindle e-reader business.
Spokeswoman Mary Osako said in an e-mail that 2201 Westlake, at Westlake Avenue and Denny Way, "will help us to accommodate our growing employee base."
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