Asana Partners Markets 36,000 SQFT Capitol Hill Retail Pair for $17.49MM, Six Years After $15.33MM Assemblage
Charlotte-based Asana Partners has put two fully leased retail buildings in the heart of Seattle’s Pike/Pine corridor up for sale at a combined...
Metro Steers Record $26MM to 51 Portland-Area Parks Projects as Tigard Greenway Loses Out
The Metro Council approved its largest-ever round of parks and nature grants on Tuesday, distributing more than $26 million to 51 projects across...
Portland Targets 15 Nuisance Properties Carrying $1.49MM in Liens as Foreclosure Machine Restarts
Portland is moving to foreclose on 15 derelict commercial and residential properties saddled with nearly $1.5 million in unpaid code-enforcement liens, reviving a...
SecureSpace Opens 63,000 SQFT, 655-Unit Self-Storage Facility in University Place, WA
SecureSpace Self Storage has planted its 17th flag in the Seattle metro with the opening of a rebranded, 655-unit facility in University Place,...
Daniels, STROM Group Plan $40MM Nordic Wellness Destination at Kenmore’s Lodge at St. Edward Park
Daniels Real Estate has enlisted Quebec’s STROM Group to convert a long-dormant pool building and meeting rooms at the historic Lodge at St....
Two SeaTac Development Sites Listed for $7.6MM With 200-Unit Multifamily Potential Near the Airport
Kidder Mathews is marketing a pair of adjacent SeaTac parcels totaling roughly 1.3 acres that could support more than 200 residential units, positioning...
Extra Space Storage Buys 144,000 SQFT Self-Storage Facility in Puyallup for $18.4MM
Extra Space Storage’s wholly owned Puyallup purchase stands out against a year defined by joint-venture deal-making. The nation’s largest self-storage operator has added...
Fully Leased First Tech Credit Union, Medical Portfolio Hits Market for $9.21MM in Hillsboro
A credit union just made $28.7 billion stronger and a four-tenant medical building are testing investor appetite for suburban Hillsboro net lease at...
Graystoke Capital Doubles Down on Central Washington with $31MM Buy of 103-Unit Sutton Place in East Wenatchee
Graystoke Capital Partners has acquired the 103-unit Sutton Place Apartments in East Wenatchee for $31 million, deepening the Mountain West investor’s push into...
Dext Capital Renews 23,000 SQFT at 5500 Meadows Road in Lake Oswego, Anchoring Kruse Way’s Premium Office Corridor
A specialty equipment lender recommits to the Lake Oswego office park it calls home, reinforcing a submarket that still commands the metro’s highest...
Geffen Mesher Signs 30,000 SQFT New Lease at Portland’s Newly Sold 200 Market Tower
A homegrown accounting firm bets on the Central Business District as fresh ownership works to fill one of downtown Portland’s landmark office towers....
OpenAI, Uber Anchor 3.4MM SQFT Leasing Surge as Puget Sound Office Market Turns Corner in 2026
A wave of long-term commitments from artificial intelligence, software and professional-services tenants pushed Puget Sound office leasing up 62 percent in the first...
Metro Steers Record $26MM to 51 Portland-Area Parks Projects as Tigard Greenway Loses Out
The Metro Council approved its largest-ever round of parks and nature grants on Tuesday, distributing more than $26 million to 51 projects across...
Portland Targets 15 Nuisance Properties Carrying $1.49MM in Liens as Foreclosure Machine Restarts
Portland is moving to foreclose on 15 derelict commercial and residential properties saddled with nearly $1.5 million in unpaid code-enforcement liens, reviving a...
Fully Leased First Tech Credit Union, Medical Portfolio Hits Market for $9.21MM in Hillsboro
A credit union just made $28.7 billion stronger and a four-tenant medical building are testing investor appetite for suburban Hillsboro net lease at...
Dext Capital Renews 23,000 SQFT at 5500 Meadows Road in Lake Oswego, Anchoring Kruse Way’s Premium Office Corridor
A specialty equipment lender recommits to the Lake Oswego office park it calls home, reinforcing a submarket that still commands the metro’s highest...
Geffen Mesher Signs 30,000 SQFT New Lease at Portland’s Newly Sold 200 Market Tower
A homegrown accounting firm bets on the Central Business District as fresh ownership works to fill one of downtown Portland’s landmark office towers....
Merrill Lynch Renews 35,000 SQFT at Portland’s PacWest Center
A marquee wealth-management tenant recommits to a landmark downtown tower as financial-services firms anchor the CBD’s slow recovery. Merrill Lynch has renewed its...
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Portland Industrial Vacancy and Availability Hit Record Highs as Leasing Slumps to 2008 Lows
A flood of sublease space and cautious occupiers pushed Portland’s industrial availability to a record 11.1 percent in the second quarter of 2026,...
World Cup Drives More Than 3MM Visitors to Downtown Seattle Across Six Match Days, Lifting Transit and Hotel Demand
Downtown Seattle absorbed a surge of more than 3 million visitors during the six 2026 FIFA World Cup matches it hosted, a 17...
Bellevue Anchors Puget Sound Office Rebound as Regional Vacancy Climbs to 23.4% in Q2 2026
A widening split defined the Puget Sound office market in the second quarter of 2026, with Bellevue’s AI-fueled leasing surge and a thinning...
McNellis: In Denial Over the New Normal
By John McNellis Developers always crash and burn in the movies. The eternal bad guy, the developers’ heinous plans to pave a beach,...
Seattle v. Bellevue: The Tortoise Wears a Patagonia Vest
Bellevue is trouncing Seattle on occupancy, but occupancy is the lagging indicator—and the talent that fills tomorrow’s offices still wants the messy city...
The Art of the Quiet Exit, A Hudson Pacific Story
Hudson Pacific’s COO resigned with the usual boilerplate denial attached—but after a $572 million annual loss, a scrapped dividend and a stock down...
A Shot in the (Life Science) Arm for Puget Sound
Eli Lilly’s $1.5 billion cash deal for Bothell-based Curevo Vaccine is the kind of validating, capital-attracting exit Puget Sound’s life sciences cluster has...
The Data Center Bargain: What Every Town Should Demand
Free power. Free heat. Clean water. The bargain every town should be demanding. By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous)...
The Geography of Want: Why Starbucks Can’t Drag Its People to Nashville
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) There’s an old joke about the Boston banker who, told he must relocate...
Bridge Logistics Properties Buys 783,000 SQFT Harbor Freight Distribution Center for $174.5MM in Frederickson
A $174.5 million sale of Harbor Freight’s Frederickson warehouse suggests Pierce County’s industrial market has thawed out after a year-long capital markets freeze....
RISE Properties Trust Affiliate Sells 198-Unit Bower Village Apartments in Kent for $45MM
Kent Valley’s apartment market draws fresh capital even as Kidder Mathews reports softening fundamentals region-wide. A Nevada investment firm has picked up a...
Skanska Pushes 12-Story, 205,000 SQFT Mass-Timber Bevel Tower Toward Bellevue Entitlement Finish Line
Skanska has cleared another design and entitlement milestone on Bevel, its planned mass-timber office tower in downtown Bellevue, and is targeting Administrative Design...
Merrill Lynch Renews 35,000 SQFT at Portland’s PacWest Center
A marquee wealth-management tenant recommits to a landmark downtown tower as financial-services firms anchor the CBD’s slow recovery. Merrill Lynch has renewed its...
Regence Expands 46,000 SQFT at Newly Sold 200 Market as Portland CBD Leasing Rebounds
A downtown health insurer is betting bigger on Portland’s core just as the 200 Market tower settles under new ownership. Regence BlueCross BlueShield...
Portland Industrial Vacancy and Availability Hit Record Highs as Leasing Slumps to 2008 Lows
A flood of sublease space and cautious occupiers pushed Portland’s industrial availability to a record 11.1 percent in the second quarter of 2026,...
Mercy Housing Northwest Advances 74-Unit, $36MM Affordable Senior Community in Bellingham’s Old Town
Mercy Housing Northwest has firmed up plans for a 74-unit affordable housing building for low-income seniors on a half-acre lot in Bellingham’s Old...
Everett Clinches First Four Parcels for $10.65MM to Advance $120MM Downtown Outdoor Event Center
The Everett City Council unanimously cleared the purchase of four downtown parcels for $10.65 million, its first land acquisitions for the planned $120...
