Starbucks’ corporate headquarters district in Seattle is called SoDo.
SoDo is a Seattle district whose name is commonly understood as a reference to the area south of downtown. Starbucks’ headquarters complex, Starbucks Center, is located there. The site became an important corporate and operational base as the company expanded from its original Pike Place Market store.
Starbucks Center is associated with offices, support functions, and company operations rather than being the historic first retail shop. The original store remains at Pike Place Market, while the headquarters district lies farther south in the city.
A common mistake is answering Seattle itself, because Seattle is the city and SoDo is the district. Capitol Hill and Belltown are also Seattle neighborhoods, but they are not the district identified with Starbucks Center.