Olympia Coffee Opening in U.S. Bank Center’s Cedar Hall in Mid-2024

Marks Beloved Coffee Roaster’s First-Ever Downtown Seattle Location

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EQ Office, Blackstone’s U.S. office portfolio company, today announced Olympia Coffee will open its first downtown location at U.S. Bank Center (USBC). The award-winning coffee roaster will be located along the mid-block of 5^th Avenue in USBC’s Cedar Hall, a buzzing new street-level public retail experience in downtown Seattle.

The newest location of Olympia Coffee will offer customers a convenient and lively downtown location to enjoy the roasters’ award-winning coffee and unique cafe experience, steps away from other area retail and dining.

"We’ve designed USBC’s Cedar Hall with the intention of bringing in locally-loved vendors for our tenants and the downtown community to enjoy. With Seattle’s serious coffee culture and Olympia’s high-quality offering, we think they are a great fit for our customer base and the environment we’re building,” said Zach Zaborowski, Senior Vice President, Market Lead – Pacific Northwest, EQ Office.

Owned and operated by Oliver Stormshak and brothers Sam and Andrew Schroeder, Olympia Coffee is an Olympia-based roaster with a history grounded in its quality-of-life mission. Now recognized as a B Corporation, Olympia Coffee currently has six cafes and a bakery located across Olympia, Tacoma, and Seattle, plus a thriving network of wholesale partners across the country.

Oliver Stormshak, President and CEO of Olympia Coffee, commented, “We are thrilled to announce the grand opening of our inaugural Olympia Coffee location in downtown Seattle, nestled within the newly opened Cedar Hall. This prime spot promises to be an exceptional destination for both locals and visitors to the vibrant heart of the city. Our presence at Cedar Hall marks our commitment to introducing our distinctive ‘Quality of Life’ coffee experience to the esteemed coffee culture of Seattle, inviting everyone to indulge in the richness of flavor and the warmth of community that defines Olympia Coffee.”

Olympia Coffee joins existing USBC retail tenants including U.S. Bank, Simone David Barbershop, Jimmy Johns, and Sushi Kudasai. Additional new retailers are expected to be announced soon including national, regional, local retail and food and beverage partners, with an emphasis on homegrown, Seattle-born businesses.

Visit www.usbcseattle.com for more information about Cedar Hall, the redevelopment and available space.

About Olympia Coffee

Founded in 2005, Olympia Coffee is a coffee roaster based out of Olympia, Washington with a mission to improve the quality of life of its farmers and staff by providing quality service to its community. It currently has six cafes and a bakery located across Olympia, Tacoma, and Seattle, plus a thriving network of wholesale partners across the country. Olympia Coffee is a certified B Corporation, a Living Wage Leading Plus Employer, and committed to better-than-fair sourcing standards through its industry-leading Fair For All certification.

About EQ Office

EQ Office is Blackstone’s U.S. office portfolio company with best-in-class expertise across acquisitions, asset management, leasing, redevelopment & property operations. EQ’s focus is to create and operate inspiring workplace destinations by offering solutions that blend the best of work, home, and hospitality. Our diverse team of 160 professionals currently operate a portfolio of over 20 million square feet for approximately 1,200 customers across major U.S. markets including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle.