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Microsoft Clears First Permit Hurdle

ISSAQUAH, WA-City officials have given a thumbs up to the software makers plans to build roughly 3 million sf of office space in a new campus in the Issaquah Highlands. No timetable for construction, however, has been set.

By Gina Binole | Updated on January 24, 2002

ISSAQUAH, WA-After reviewing Microsoft Corp.’s project permit application for its proposed campus, the Urban Village Development Commission has voted unanimously to approve it. The permit lays out the general appearance and shape of the project, located at the south end of the 2,200-acre master planned community.

Microsoft still must seek permits for construction of individual buildings, and road improvements must accompany the development. If built according to the current plans, the campus cut into the forested hilltop north of Interstate 90 would hold 15 buildings — and as many as 3,000 of the Redmond-based behemoth’s employees.

Stacy Drake, a company spokesperson, told GlobeSt.com earlier this month the plans are not, however, cut into stone. “We don’t have plans yet for how many sf we will end up building. A lot will be determined by [Microsoft's] growth. We want the predictability of knowing this space will be available when the need arises, but, it is a project that will be built in phases.”

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