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Overview

The Amazon Doppler Building occupied a 13,920-square-foot (0.32-acre) site, an irregular polygon, bounded by 6th Avenue on the southwest, Lenora Street on the northwest, Westlake Avenue on the east, and Virginia Street on the southeast. The complex consisted of a 37-floor tower, an attached, lower tower on the south and a meeting center connected by a breezeway to the tallest tower to its northwest. The facility also had a large parking garage.

Building History

Acorn Development, LLC, a real estate development firm owned by Amazon.com, purchased this property on 12/20/2012 from Globe Realty Incorporated, et al., for $66,202,381. Construction began in earnest in 2013-2014. This high-rise office building replaced the Sixth Avenue Inn that was demolished c. 2013, although a demolition permit for it was granted on 02/20/1996. (See King County Department of Assessments, Parcel Data for Parcel #065900-0870, accessed 11/12/2025.)

Building Notes

In 2025, several restaurants operated in spaces at 2021 7th Avenue. These included Marination, Pot Belly Sandwiches, Skillet Counter @ Regrade, Evergreens, Starbucks, Cinque Terre Ristorante, Great State Burger, and King Leroy. Another Lebanese-cuisine restaurant, Mamnoon Street, which opened in 2016, was temporarily closed as of 11/12/2025.

Alteration

Acorn Development, LLC, purchased this property on 12/20/2012 from the Globe Realty Incorporated, et al., for $66,202,381. Between 10/13/2014 and 09/10/2025, Amazon.com received 17 building permits to make alterations large and small to the Doppler Building. Between 10/13/2014 and 06/21/2016, Amazon spent $32,719,350 on "interior, non-structural alterations," including $13,710,150 for floors 6 through 16 and $19,009.200 on floors 18-36. Some of the building permits were obtained to build at least four restaurants for employee use. These included Cinque Terra, Noroeste, Great Star and one other. (See King County Department of Assessments, Parcel Data for Parcel #065900-0870, accessed 11/12/2025.)