Gregoire: Tech company Dassault Systemes signs Seattle lease
Published 12:42 pm Tuesday, June 21, 2011
France’s Dassault Systemes will establish its Northwest base in Seattle, the technology company told Gov. Chris Gregoire on Tuesday at the Paris Air Show.
“This announcement proves Dassault Systèmes’ commitment to Washington state, and it’s desire to g
row and expand here,” Gregoire said.
Dassault Systemes provides 3D and product lifecycle management solutions to Northwest giants like Boeing, REI, Fred Meyer and PACCAR.
Dassault signed a lease for 11,000 square feet of space in the West Lake Union Center. The new office, which will open later this year, will function as a hub for Dassault Systèmes’ 90 current full- and part-time employees in the Northwest and for anticipated additional engineering staff in the future.
“Our centralized operations in the Northwest will help reinforce Dassault Systèmes’ already strong local connections, and we’re enthusiastic about the collaboration and energy that will be fostered as our Seattle employees interact each day in a state-of-the-art office space located in one of the nation’s key technology areas,” said Al Bunshaft, Managing Director of Dassault Systèmes Americas.
The lease signing is a win for Washington, which sent a delegation of 75 people to court new aerospace business at the air show.
