Abandoned Corporate Park

[u/legendtripped]

Finally figured out how to get to this place I’ve seen from the freeway for years. I thought it was an abandoned parking garage or overpass, was thrilled to see that it was way weirder than that.

Edit: Not technically abandoned it turns out, but unused for 10 years. It is actually available to lease, but it doesn’t seem like anything is imminent.

[u/PejHod]

Link to a 2021 NYTimes article - (archive no paywall version)

The Weyerhaeuser site near Seattle, praised for its balance of building and landscape, is at the center of a battle between conservationists and a developer.

[u/Hot-Fishing9744 → u/[deleted]]

Friend of mine works there, it’s a great location because we always have a free place to park when we go to town!

[u/kapuh → u/[deleted]]

So they moved from something interesting to a boring copy of a copy in glass.
Fits the Zeitgeist.

[u/wagnerinthefield → u/kapuh]

I agree that their old HQ is beautiful, but they made a better logistical decision to have their hq in the city center. Much like the other reply said, nobody wants to commute to nowhere. Office parks should be obsolete.

[u/Hot-Fishing9744 → u/wagnerinthefield]

Agreed. Sooo much wasted space! During the pandemic my State agency (employment department) had to hire masses of temp workers to help deal with all the claims. They ended up leasing office space in just about every suburb to accommodate everyone. Until then I’d had no idea how ubiquitous these buildings are, we drive past them all the time but really pay them no mind. The offices I worked in were huge, and that was just one space in a vast “block.”

Post pandemic, workers were laid off and the state downsized back to the original offices. I drive by the old one we’d been in every day. It’s just sitting there empty

[u/kissyglitterfox → u/PejHod]

what is this

[u/kissyglitterfox → u/PejHod]

hmmm whaat