By The Tim on December 24, 2008
Here’s another WaMu update on a subject that will likely have a large impact on downtown’s commercial real estate scene:
Seattle Times: JPMorgan dumping WaMu’s leased space in Seattle
Seattle P-I: JPMorgan dropping six WaMu leases in Seattle
From the P-I story:
New York banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co., which in September bought the branches, deposits and loans [...]
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By The Tim on December 1, 2008
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The official layoff count for WaMu was made public today. According to various news sources, JPMorgan Chase will be cutting 3,400 jobs in Seattle.
JPMorgan Chase is laying off 3,400 Washington Mutual employees in Seattle, according to spokesman Tom Kelly. That’s more than 80 percent of the 4,300 people it employs in [...]
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By The Tim on November 19, 2008
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According to today’s Seattle Times, JPMorgan Chase plans to cut around 70% of WaMu’s Seattle-area employees.
JPMorgan is handing out layoff notices now and is expected to finish making decisions about all of WaMu’s 43,200 employees nationwide by Dec. 1.
As many as 3,000 of WaMu’s 4,200 workers in Seattle could [...]
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