The Metropole Building Project
A Nonprofit Center for Communities of Color
The Metropole is a space that will be developed into a community-centric home for nonprofit organizations, with an emphasis on those organizations who serve or are led by communities of color. The design and development of this building will be curated with consideration of the current and future needs of the community, taking into account insightful and crucial input from community members.
About the Metropole Project
The Metropole will provide affordable office space and community amenities within a newly renovated historic building in Pioneer Square.
Within the Metropole, there will be a childcare center, event and meeting spaces, an artist activation space, private offices, bike rooms and showers, and a rooftop deck. The planned opening date for the Metropole is slated to be around early 2024.
The History of the Metropole
The Metropole is a historic structure in downtown Seattle and has been in need of development for over a decade.
In June 2019, the Satterberg Foundation purchased the Metropole to revitalize it and to supply affordable work space for nonprofit organizations in the area — while still honoring the past of the space.
Apply to be a Tenant
Are you a nonprofit or grassroots organization working in the social justice, environmental justice, or in the arts and culture sector that is looking for a new location in downtown Seattle? We currently have six offices available on our upper floors, ranging in size from 500 to 1,300 square feet, as well as a ground-floor space available for rent.
Call for artists
We are looking for 2D artworks to be featured as part of a community art collection for the building’s interior.
Renderings courtesy of project architect BuildingWork