It is located in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle, Washington; the area is part of the city's large industrial district.

Starbucks Center is the largest multi-tenant building by floor space in Seattle,[2] with over 1.8 million square feet (170,000 m2).

After the Sears catalog business was closed, the building was sold in 1990, and eventually redeveloped as the SoDo Center.

[7] On June 20, 1997, the coffeehouse chain moved its headquarters to the SoDo Center, became the building's primary tenant, and secured the naming rights.

In the first quarter of 2017, Amazon Fresh's newest service, AmazonFresh Pickup, began operating out of the location.