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Fintech firm Figure taking chunk of Legacy Union office space vacated by Robinhood in uptown

By Charlotte Business Journal

Figure Technologies 650 S. Tryon is an 18-story, 362,000-square-foot office building in uptown Charlotte that represents the second phase of Lincoln Harris' Legacy Union project. (MELISSA KEY/CBJ)

By Charlotte Business Journal

CHARLOTTE — San Francisco-based fintech firm Figure Technologies will sublease some of the office space left vacant by Robinhood Markets Inc. at Legacy Union’s SIX50 building in uptown Charlotte.

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Lincoln Harris announced that Figure will occupy 24,000 square feet on the building’s ninth floor, which is about half of Robinhood’s (NASDAQ: HOOD) current space. Lease terms were not immediately available.

Robinhood’s Charlotte headquarters, at 650 S. Tryon St., opened less than a year ago, in September 2021. The fintech company announced earlier this month that it would be closing its Charlotte office following a second round of companywide layoffs. The job cuts will impact 23% of Robinhood’s workforce, including 82 people in Charlotte.

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