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One Microsoft Way
The Microsoft campus is the corporate headquarters of Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation, located in Redmond, Washington, United States, a part of the Seattle metropolitan area. Microsoft initially moved onto the grounds of the campus on February 26, 1986, shortly before going public on March 13. The headquarters has undergone multiple expansions since its establishment and is presently estimated to encompass over of office space and have over 50,000 employees. As of November 2018, the campus holds 83 buildings. Additional offices in the Eastside (King County, Washington), Eastside suburbs of Seattle are located in Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue and Issaquah, Washington, Issaquah. Building 92 on the campus contains a visitor center (with interactive exhibits) and store that are open to the public. History Microsoft chose to move its headquarters from Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue to nearby Redmond, Washington, Redmond in January 1985, selecting a plot of land that would be de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redmond, Washington
Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located east of Seattle. The population was 73,256 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Redmond is best known as the home of Microsoft and Nintendo of America. The city has a large technology industry in addition to being a bedroom community for Seattle, which lies across Lake Washington on Washington State Route 520, State Route 520. With an annual bike race on city streets and the state's only velodrome, Redmond is also known as the "Bicycle Capital of the Northwest". History Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans have lived in the Redmond area for about 10,000 years, based on artifacts discovered at the Redmond Town Center archaeological site and Marymoor Prehistoric Indian Site. The first European settlers arrived in the 1870s. Luke McRedmond filed a Homestead Act claim for land next to the Sammamish Slough on September 9, 1870, and the following year Warren Perrigo took up land adjacent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
