Uber just locked in a major office lease at Four106 in downtown Bellevue, more than doubling its Seattle-area office footprint, according to local reporting. The move delivers a marquee tenant to one of Bellevue’s newest towers and signals a fresh vote of confidence in the Eastside office market.
According to the Puget Sound Business Journal, Uber’s new Four106 lease pushes the company’s local square footage to more than twice its previous total. Earlier coverage had pegged Uber as hunting for "well over 100,000" square feet on the Eastside, a search that had brokers speculating the company might split operations between Bellevue and Seattle, as reported by the Downtown Bellevue Network.
About Four106
Four106 is a recently completed 21-story office tower with roughly 485,000 rentable square feet and large floorplates aimed squarely at tech tenants. Marketing materials spotlight amenities such as an on-site fitness center, EV charging and a dedicated ride-share pavilion, the kind of extras that have become standard issue in newer Eastside towers. The Broderick Group currently lists the property as available and pitches it as a central Bellevue address.
Why Bellevue
Brokers say Bellevue continues to draw lease demand because it offers newer buildings, shorter commutes for many Eastside residents and a growing lineup of restaurants and retail that cluster around the latest high-rises. The Real Deal reported last year that Uber and other tech companies had been actively kicking the tires on Bellevue properties as part of a broader regional shift.
Uber Keeps a Seattle Foothold
Uber is not bailing on Seattle in the process. The company is expected to retain its downtown Seattle office at Second + Seneca, where it has occupied about 115,000 square feet under a lease that dates to 2019, according to an earlier report from the Puget Sound Business Journal. Layering the new Four106 space on top of that quickly expands Uber’s overall regional office footprint.
What to Watch Next
Industry watchers will be looking for formal lease filings, tenant improvement plans and any workplace updates that clarify how many employees land in Bellevue versus Seattle. Databricks was also reported to be in talks for major space at Four106 earlier this year, a sign the building could be largely leased if multiple deals close. The Downtown Bellevue Network has summarized those earlier negotiations.
For Bellevue, a signed Uber commitment means more daily workers heading into the central business district’s cafes, lunch counters and transit hubs, and it gives retail owners and city planners one more reason to track how the Eastside’s office rebound unfolds. Local developers and brokers say the trend favors new, amenity-rich buildings and could spur more leasing activity in the months ahead as Four106 and other fresh deliveries compete for tenants. The Daily Journal of Commerce has tracked Four106’s development and the broader downtown momentum.
