Who Bought Weyerhaeuser Headquarters?

FEDERAL WAY, WA – Industrial Realty Group, LCC (IRG), a nationwide real estate development and investment firm announced its purchase of the Weyerhaeuser campus in Federal Way, WA, located 23 miles south of Seattle.

Who designed Weyerhaeuser corporate headquarters?

Singular upon completion in 1971, the “original green building” was designed by SOM as a new home for the Weyerhaeuser forestry company. The “groundscraper” serves as the centerpiece of a bucolic, 260-acre site planned by acclaimed landscape architect Peter Walker, then a partner at Sasaki, Walker and Associates.

Why did Weyerhaeuser move to Seattle?

Weyerhaeuser officials announced in August 2014 that they would move their headquarters to Seattle, citing the too-large 430-acre campus and a lack of talent in Federal Way as the main reasons for that decision. Earlier this year, Industrial Realty Group purchased the land for $70.5 million.