And WeWork has signed leases for two new offices so far in 2019: WeWork's Holyoke location in downtown Seattle. (WeWork Photo) WeWork opened its first Seattle location just over five years ago at 500 Yale. Gina Phillips, WeWork's vice president and general manager for the Northwest, said the company opened up in Seattle with "very few staff and no playbooks." Since then, WeWork has grown rapidly, and earlier this year "expanded into the fourth and final floor of our original Northwest location with playbooks and support galore.