A new company will make its nest in Seattle’s “Hawk Tower” in the new year.
Seattle-based business and technology firm Slalom Consulting is moving its headquarters into the glass skyscraper at 255 King St. in January. The building will be renamed “Slalom Hawk Tower.”
The name replaces “Avalara Hawk Tower,” after the Seattle sales tax automation company, which opened a new headquarters in the building in the initiate Square neighborhood in February 2018.
With views across the parking lot to Lumen Field, where the Seattle Seahawks, Sounders and OL Reign play, Avalara initially occupied the top six floors of the building and more than 114,000 square feet. The company, which was taken private in a deal last year, said it will continue to occupy four floors.
Slalom did not say how much square footage it would be leasing, but said its footprint would span “multiple floors,” with the ability to enlarge in the future based on evolving needs.
The company is moving from the Exchange Building at 821 2nd Ave, where it said the expiration of its current lease provided an opportunity to reassess the requirements of its hybrid-work culture and “to consider what is the best fit to uphold connection, collaboration, and accessibility for our teams.”
Slalom provides tech-related services in various industries to clients across the globe including Alaska Airlines, Allstate, eBay, Hyatt, Microsoft, REI, and others. Citing “significant shifts” within its industry in September, the company cut 7% of its workforce, or about 900 employees.
Slalom recently made Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for the eighth consecutive year.
“Slalom is proud of our Seattle heritage and commitment to the Pacific Northwest community,” Slalom President Tony Rojas said in a statement. “We’re excited to continue managing our global and Seattle market business from the downtown core.”
