TechFlash: Amazon's downtown footprint grows; BMW's ReachNow expands to Portland

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Amazon may soon occupy enough Seattle office space to fill 8 Columbia Towers Amazon was going to have 10 million square feet here by 2019, and now the company reportedly will have 12 million feet by 2022. That equals a third of the existing space in and around downtown Seattle. BMW's Seattle car-sharing service ReachNow to expand to Portland BMW's Seattle-based car-sharing service ReachNow plans to launch a second North American operation in Portland this fall. Zillow snaps up listing management software company Seattle online real estate portal has acquired Atlanta-based Bridge Interactive Group. SpaceX, Boeing split NASA missions to take astronauts to space station SpaceX, which has operations in Redmond, won the final guaranteed order from NASA to deliver crew and cargo to the space station. It earned two missions and Boeing earned two. Personal touch won this Redmond company Sir Mix-a-Lot's circuit board business Prototron Circuits was founded in 1987 and is still thriving despite a deterioration of the North American marketplace for circuit board manufacturers. Washington retail report: Amazon still eating Nordstrom's lunch Statewide taxable retail sales grew in the first three months of 2016, but a closer look reveals that the apparel and department store sales are down while e-commerce is up. Exclusive: Amazon snags huge office in new San Francisco tower Amazon.com Inc.'s Twitch, a top video game streaming site with over 100 million monthly unique viewers, has signed a lease for 185,000 square feet at a new tower in San Francisco. New plug-and-play biotech labs come to Seattle (slideshow) The developer says that the Labs @ 201 Ellliott answer the need for life-science companies that struggle to find research space in the city. National Tech News Here's a map of the on-demand ride traffic jam after Uber's huge deal SILICON VALLEY: In surprise move, Theranos CEO unveils new product Salesforce snaps up former Facebook tech chief's startup for $582M

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