Amazon’s birthplace is back on the market in Bellevue

With an asking price of $2.28 million, the three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 10704 NE 28th St. is one of the most affordable single-family homes on the market in a Bellevue community east of Seattle. But the bigger draw for many who visited an open house this weekend was the history of the place. This was the home that Jeff Bezos rented in the mid-1990s to launch the company that became Amazon.com. Read more. (Above, a replica of Bezos’ original Amazon.com sign, on a workbench inside the home, as viewed during GeekWire's visit on Saturday.) 

A new Spokane, Wash.-based startup is wading into the financial, logistical, and environmental mess created by the endless stream of goods that are returned. Wander, led by veteran entrepreneur Jordan Allen (above), wants to find a new home at the right price for returned items — and keep truckloads of stuff from sitting in warehouses, or worse, heading for landfills. Read more. 

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