P
interest is leaving its WeWork space and moving into a permanent office in Downtown Seattle. The social media company has leased 21,500 square feet of space in Met Park East, a 389,000-square-foot tower at 1730 Minor Avenue. Terms of the deal with landlord Beacon Capital Partners were not disclosed.

    The new office features amenities such as a gourmet catering kitchen, fitness center, and outdoor green space. Pinterest entered the Seattle market in 2016 with a sales and engineering office in WeWork, which had grown to employ 55 people within a year.

    Seattle's office vacancy rate rose 2.1% year-over-year to 28.2% in the third quarter, but commercial brokers are cautiously optimistic that the worst may be over as companies like Amazon call employees back to the office full-time.