Kinect Real Estate Partners Closes $126.5MM Oversubscribed Fund II, Targeting 3,000+ Apartments Across $1.6B Development Pipeline
ACG-backed investment platform continues to scale to meet growing demand for institutional-quality multifamily investments from wealth investors BELLEVUE, Wash.–Kinect Real Estate Partners (“Kinect”),...
KKR Pays $78MM for 235-Unit Baldwyn Northgate Apartments in Seattle
KKR’s third major Seattle acquisition in two years lands directly adjacent to the Northgate light rail station — a $332,000-per-unit bet that a...
HKS Health Studio Leader on Why Hospital Design’s Biggest Disruption Isn’t the Technology
HKS principal Brian Zeallear, who leads the firm’s Seattle health studio, argues that artificial intelligence is accelerating how hospitals get designed but insists...
Trase Hunts for 100-Person Seattle-Area Office After $107MM Seed Round as AI Leasing Surges
Trase, a McLean, Virginia-based artificial intelligence startup with half its team already in the Puget Sound region, is searching for a Seattle-area office...
EQT Exeter Pays $28.8MM for 110,400 SQFT Everett Manufacturing Building
Buying occupied Everett manufacturing assets from what appears to be the same Miami-based seller family in the same month, EQT Exeter has added...
Harborview Moves on Six-Story Medical Office Building on $52MM Yesler Terrace Site in Seattle
King County and UW Medicine have begun the public review process for a six-story medical office building atop seven levels of below-grade parking...
Kraemer-Scarsella JV Lands $475MM Final Stage of SR 167 Expressway Connecting Puyallup to Port of Tacoma
A joint venture of Kraemer North America and Kent-based Scarsella Bros. is set to break ground in mid-July on the four-year, up-to-$475 million...
24,240 SQFT State-Leased DSHS Office in Moses Lake Trades for $7.23MM
In a Central Washington market where vacancy sits at 2.3 percent and Boeing, battery manufacturers, and the Port of Moses Lake are rewriting...
Holland Partner Group Completes Seattle’s First Post-Pandemic Office Conversion, 44 Units at the Ivey on Boren in Denny Triangle
Holland Partner Group completes Seattle’s first post-pandemic office-to-apartment conversion, 44 units at the Ivey on Boren in Denny Triangle.
Bridgepoint’s $1.39B Kayne Anderson Real Estate Buyout Hands a London Owner One of the West Coast’s Busiest Light-Industrial Buyers
A London-listed private markets firm has agreed to buy Kayne Anderson Real Estate for roughly $1.39 billion, putting a UK owner atop a...
Washington Leads Nation in Q1 GDP Growth at 4.5% on Tech Strength
Washington’s economy expanded at a 4.5 percent annualized rate in the first quarter of 2026 — the fastest of any state — as...
Seattle Ranks as Nation’s No. 3 AI Metro in Hubble Study as Tech Tenants Anchor Puget Sound Office Recovery
Hubble’s new ranking of the most AI-ready U.S. metros names Seattle the country’s third-strongest AI hub and the highest-scoring market outside the Bay...
Gensler’s City Pulse 2026 Flags Downtown Portland’s Vibrancy Gap as Authenticity Holds Firm
Downtown Portland holds onto a strong sense of authenticity in Gensler’s largest-ever global study of urban experience, but the city’s core ranks among...
Willamette River Recreation Generates $311MM in Annual Economic Value, ECOnorthwest Study Finds
A new ECOnorthwest analysis presented to Portland civic and business leaders quantifies the Willamette River’s recreational economy for the first time, valuing it...
Self Enhancement, Inc. Launches New Affordable Housing Arm SEI Living with Projects Totaling 61 Units in Portland
The Oregon nonprofit, known for its youth programming and family services, will serve as lead developer and resident services provider for new affordable...
Bed Bath & Beyond and Container Store Open Only Oregon Co-Branded Store in Tigard as Lemonis Bets Big on Home
Bed Bath & Beyond and The Container Store have opened a combined store at 7417 SW Bridgeport Road in Tigard, the only Oregon...
Alaska Airlines Breaks Ground on $150MM, 185,000-SQFT Maintenance Hangar at Portland International Airport
Alaska Airlines has started construction on a $150 million aircraft maintenance hangar at Portland International Airport, the carrier’s largest signal yet that it...
High Street Residential Breaks Ground on 369-Unit Transit-Oriented Community at Beaverton’s Cedar Hills Shopping Center
A Trammell Crow Company-led joint venture has started construction on a 369-unit mixed-use apartment community that will replace most of the 1950s-era Cedar...
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2026 Pacific Northwest CRE Rising Stars
Celebrating the Next Generation of Commercial Real Estate Excellence From the tech epicenters of Seattle and Portland to the industrial ports of...
Continue ReadingHKS Health Studio Leader on Why Hospital Design’s Biggest Disruption Isn’t the Technology
HKS principal Brian Zeallear, who leads the firm’s Seattle health studio, argues that artificial intelligence is accelerating how hospitals get designed but insists...
Seattle Economic Development Chief Signals Retreat From JumpStart Tax Expansion as Downtown Vacancy Tops 30%
Seattle’s new economic development director, Beto Yarce, says the city is exploring revenue options other than expanding its JumpStart payroll tax, even as...
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...
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...
McNellis: F*** Real Estate?
Publisher’s Note What began over a decade ago as a series of candid, sharp-witted articles written for The Registry has grown into one of the...
Bank OZK Takes $78.4MM Assignment of Chapter Building I Ground Lease in Seattle’s University District
The construction lender that bankrolled one of Seattle’s most ambitious University District office projects just became its landlord — at $78.4 million against...
Goldman Cuts US Recession Odds to 15% as Oil Retreats, but Warns of Hawkish Fed and Stretched AI Valuations
Goldman Sachs has lowered its 12-month US recession probability to the long-term norm of 15 percent following a US-Iran agreement that pulled energy...
West Marine to Close Five Washington Stores in Chapter 11 Restructuring, From Bellingham to Spokane
West Marine will shutter five stores across Washington, from the Bellingham waterfront to Spokane’s east side, as the bankrupt boating-supply chain executes the...
Gensler’s City Pulse 2026 Flags Downtown Portland’s Vibrancy Gap as Authenticity Holds Firm
Downtown Portland holds onto a strong sense of authenticity in Gensler’s largest-ever global study of urban experience, but the city’s core ranks among...
Willamette River Recreation Generates $311MM in Annual Economic Value, ECOnorthwest Study Finds
A new ECOnorthwest analysis presented to Portland civic and business leaders quantifies the Willamette River’s recreational economy for the first time, valuing it...
Alexandria Real Estate and Washington Holdings Advance 250-Unit, 270,400 SQFT Residential Tower in Uptown Seattle
A life science REIT teams up with Seattle’s preeminent office tower owner to advance a 250-unit apartment project in Uptown — seeking a...
Arnold & Porter More Than Doubles Seattle Footprint with 39,000 SQFT Lease At One Union Square
Less than a year after opening its first Pacific Northwest office at U.S. Bank Center, Arnold & Porter has leased the top two...
Self Enhancement, Inc. Launches New Affordable Housing Arm SEI Living with Projects Totaling 61 Units in Portland
The Oregon nonprofit, known for its youth programming and family services, will serve as lead developer and resident services provider for new affordable...