Zillow Expands Headquarters

SEATTLE—Zillow, Inc. has significant expanded its national headquarters in downtown Seattle. The company has signed a lease to occupy five additional floors of the Russell Investments Center at 1301 Second Avenue in early 2017, adding 113,470 square feet of office space.  With this expansion, Zillow will occupy floors 29-40 by 2017, totaling 268,514 square feet, and will be the largest tenant in the 42-story building.  Zillow, Inc. and its portfolio of consumer and business real estate brands are growing rapidly. Zillow employs more than 1,100 people nationwide, with 750 currently housed in its Seattle headquarters, and more than 120 open positions in Seattle. The Puget Sound Business Journal recently named Zillow Washington’s Best Work Place in the large company category for the second year in a row, and Seattle’s NBC affiliate, King 5-TV recently named Zillow the #1 Best Place to Work in 2014.  “This is an exciting time at Zillow,” said Spencer Rascoff, Zillow CEO.  “We continue to hire the best and brightest to support our record growth. At the same time, we’ve maintained our start-up like culture where we think big, move fast, and everyone has an impact.” In addition to Seattle, Zillow has offices in New York, San Francisco, Irvine, CA, and Lincoln, NE. Th company operates the leading real estate and home-related information marketplaces on mobile and the Web, with a complementary portfolio of brands and products that help people find vital information about homes, and connect with the best local professionals.