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After a massive 2021 office expansion, Bungie is now trying to sublease its 211,000 square foot headquarters
Bungie says it "will continue to maintain a physical office presence in Bellevue."
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In 2021, as studio CEO Pete Parsons cited the company's recent "tremendous growth and opportunity," Bungie announced its plans for a massive expansion to its Bellevue, Washington headquarters. The campus embiggening, which internal sources have reportedly described as costing "hundreds of millions" of dollars, more than doubled the size of Bungie's offices from 84,000 square feet to just under 211,000.
Now, after five and a half years of spending sprees, publisher acquisitions, stumbling product launches, project cancellations, and repeated mass layoffs, Bungie appears to be seeking subletters for the goliath game development headquarters it's no longer capable of filling.
According to a 10-page leasing brochure reviewed by The Game Post, Bungie is seeking interested renters to sublease its expansive headquarters, listing its 210,984 square feet as a "turn-key" production facility. In addition to expected office fixtures, the listing also features a dedicated lobby, gym and exercise facilities (including a rock climbing wall), a motion-capture studio, a cafe, catering space, and a private exterior patio.
While the brochure didn't directly identify the studio, a statement provided to press verified that Bungie was actively pursuing a sublease.
"Bungie is exploring options to sublease its campus in Bellevue, Washington. The studio transitioned to a digital-first model several years ago, and this move reflects the team's evolving workplace needs and the effectiveness of its remote collaboration," Bungie said. "Bungie will continue to maintain a physical office presence in Bellevue."
Bungie formally adopted remote work eligibility for most of its roles in 2022, following the studio's shift to work-from-home development during the COVID-19 lockdown years—effectively defeating the purpose of its office expansion due to circumstances that would have been impossible to predict during its early planning stages.
Bungie wasn't the only games company to make ill-fated investments during the height of the pandemic: Analysts have repeatedly cited overly-ambitious expansions and acquisitions—propelled by the COVID era's low interests rates and explosion of at-home entertainment revenue—as one of the driving forces behind the games industry's brutal cost-cutting in the years that followed.
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