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September 5, 2007 3:16 PM
Could Microsoft's Seattle office be for Bill Gates?
Posted by Brier Dudley
Another thought on Microsoft's plans for a new Seattle office: I wonder if it will include headquarters type offices for executives and board meetings.
That would make things convenient for the company's chairman, who is dividing his time between Microsoft and the Gates Foundation, which is building its headquarters not far from the apparent location of Microsoft's new Seattle office.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is now on Eastlake but it's developing a campus on the parking lots just east of Seattle Center. That's just four or five blocks from the area where Microsoft is expected to be headed.
Microsoft's Seattle office would also be more convenient for meetings with visiting A-list executives and government officials, who tend to stay at downtown hotels and travel by bus and limo to the Redmond campus.
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NewsvinePosted by Someone
8:05 PM, Sep 05, 2007
Oh holy hell i would kill to have my team move to the new space. I could walk to work from there, rather than sitting in traffic for hours on the 545.
Posted by jain
3:12 AM, Sep 06, 2007
Bill Gates is a great man. hey if you want to see Bill Gates House Picturesnice views
Posted by Jon
3:53 PM, Sep 06, 2007
Check out how maybe Bill Gates got Warren Buffet to donate around $30 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation. Pretty interesting....http://www.newsvisual.com/newsvisual/2007/09/corporate-ties-.html
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Posted by B
4:32 PM, Sep 05, 2007
It would be great to see some of the space used as floating office space, for those Seattle-based employees who'd rather work downtown than cross the water.