Microsoft Opens Giant Private Shopping Mall

KING-TV: Microsoft opened ‘The Commons’ with 14 shops and restaurants, as well as a post office, credit union, bicycle repair shop, outdoor soccer field and conference center. It’s open to anyone with a Microsoft badge, from employees to contract workers such as shuttle drivers and gardeners, and their guests. A pub in the complex will serve alcohol after 3 p.m. and by group reservation. There’s also a company store.