One-third of Seattle’s downtown is empty: Here’s how America’s boomtown turned into one of the toughest places to find a job

Downtown Seattle has flipped from tech boomtown to hollowed-out business district, with more than one-third of office space now sitting empty.
Major tech cuts and relocations — from Amazon and Microsoft layoffs to Starbucks shifting jobs to Nashville — have driven a sharp drop in local hiring and job postings.
A $20.76 citywide minimum wage and other policy shifts are squeezing small businesses and nudging new hires and startups toward the suburbs.