Amazon Pulls Employees Out of Downtown Seattle; Cites Crime-Related Concerns

(Seattle, WA) -- Amazon is temporarily moving employees out of its space in the old Macy's store building in downtown Seattle due to concerns over crime in the area. The online retail giant announced late last week that the 1,800 hundred workers assigned to the office space at 3rd and Pine will move to other locations in South Lake Union. The move follows multiple shootings in the area over the past several weeks.

Piroshky Piroshky Bakery recently closed its Third Avenue location out of concern for employee safety late last month--stating crime and violence have become almost a daily occurrence. According to KING5 News, as many as 160 businesses had left the city between March of 2020, and February of last year. Some have cited the pandemic, others the increasing violence.