AvalonBay’s Seattle Residential Portfolio Slips 0.2% as Job Growth Stalls
The Pacific Northwest market underperformed AvalonBay’s expectations in Q1 2026, with concessions still elevated and no new development in the pipeline. Seattle stood...
Blackstone Mortgage Trust Covers Dividend Third Straight Quarter as Platform Pivots Toward Data Centers and Net Lease
The $19.7 billion CRE lender posted a GAAP net loss but distributable earnings cleared the dividend hurdle, signaling that a portfolio reset built...
Starwood Pulls the Plug on SREIT Redemptions, Slashes Distribution as Non-Traded REIT Reckoning Reaches Its Endgame
Barry Sternlicht’s $22.4 billion fund becomes the last holdout in a sector-wide liquidity crisis, betting that Sunbelt multifamily fundamentals will reward shareholders who...
D.R. Horton Affiliate Acquires Multiple Parcels of Vacant Land in Tacoma for $15.8MM
The nation’s largest homebuilder picks up developable land from Japanese builder Ichijo USA in Pierce County, extending its residential pipeline in the South...
Kirkland Investor Sells 25-Unit Avellino Apartments on Mercer Island for $10.8MM
Mixed-use apartment building trades at $432,000 per unit in rare island transaction, reflecting the scarcity premium that Mercer Island’s constrained multifamily inventory commands...
Bellevue Locks In 5,700-Unit Affordable Housing Target as Eastside Tech Boom Strains Market
The seven-year strategy more than doubles the city’s previous goal as record corporate leasing collides with rising rents and a regional construction slowdown....
Private Capital Tightens Grip on Washington Multifamily as Pierce County Heats Up
A Berkadia Q1 2026 report shows mid-market investors driving deal flow, institutional buyers retreating to scale plays, and a coming delivery cliff setting...
Bellevue to Consider Conditional Use Permit for 30,000 SQFT BASIS K-5 School in Lake Hills
City planning director recommends approval with conditions for the proposed school that would replace a church building at 15760 NE 4th Street and...
Alliance Residential and Urbal Architecture Gain Approval for 442-Unit Bellevue Apartment Complex
The 603,503-square-foot project on NE 8th Street clears design review as Wilburton emerges as the Eastside’s most active residential development corridor The City...
Apartment Titans AvalonBay and Equity Residential Eye $50B Merger That Could Redraw US Rental Map
The two largest US apartment REITs are in early-stage talks on a combination that would create a roughly 200,000-unit landlord and reignite REIT...
Spokane Indian Housing Authority Acquires 200-Unit Waterford Apartments in Everett for $53.3MM
The Wellpinit-based tribal housing entity acquired its fourth western Washington apartment complex in under a year, bringing its total deployment to approximately $285...
Redmond Office Vacancy Plunges From 20.8% to 6.4% in Q1 2026 in Sharpest Single-Quarter Drop Across Puget Sound
The dramatic 1,440-basis-point contraction reflects renewed commitment from major technology tenants along the Willows Road corridor and positions Redmond as one of the...
Private Capital Tightens Grip on Washington Multifamily as Pierce County Heats Up
A Berkadia Q1 2026 report shows mid-market investors driving deal flow, institutional buyers retreating to scale plays, and a coming delivery cliff setting...
Transpacific Investments Lists 80-Unit King James & Kings Gate Apartments in Vancouver, Wash.
The value-add listing arrives as Vancouver’s apartment submarket absorbs more units than any other area in the Portland metro while maintaining below-average vacancy,...
Laurel Property Group Buys 167-Unit Grant Park Village Quimby in Portland for $30.7MM
PORTLAND, Ore., April 27, 2026 — CBRE has arranged the sale of Grant Park Village Quimby, a 167‑unit multifamily community located at 1580...
High Street Residential’s 369-Unit Apartment Complex at Cedar Hills Shopping Center Breaks Ground in Beaverton
Trammell Crow Company’s residential arm replaces underused parking at the aging retail center with three mid-rise buildings and ground-floor shops, betting that Portland’s...
In-N-Out Opens Second Washington Restaurant in Vancouver, Targeting Portland Metro Demand
The Snyder family’s privately held burger chain plants its flag in Clark County eight months after debuting in Ridgefield, signaling a deliberate fill-in...
Macerich’s 2025 Annual Report Signals a Bifurcated Retail Market as REIT Reshapes West Coast Portfolio
The Santa Monica-based mall operator’s 10-K highlights record leasing, healthy retailer demand and the widening gap between fortress centers and lower-tier malls The...
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AvalonBay’s Seattle Residential Portfolio Slips 0.2% as Job Growth Stalls
The Pacific Northwest market underperformed AvalonBay’s expectations in Q1 2026, with concessions still elevated and no new development in the pipeline. Seattle stood...
Pacific Urban Tests Eastside Multifamily Demand With Listing of 180-Unit Knoll Redmond
Palo Alto investor takes Microsoft-adjacent garden community to market three years after $71.3MM acquisition, betting on tech-driven Eastside fundamentals as regional sales volume...
Alexandria’s 701 Dexter Crosses Toward Stabilization As Seattle Lab Demand Reawakens
Lake Union flagship anchors Alexandria’s bet on the region’s institutional research base while peripheral inventory languishes. Seattle’s life science real estate market is...
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...
March’s Jobs Report and the Art of Misdirection
Behind the rosy March employment headline, a quiet exodus: nearly 400,000 Americans gave up on the job market in a single month. By...
The Seven Bills Governor Ferguson Signed That Actually Matter (For Our Industry)
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) There’s an old magician’s trick—old as in Roman Coliseum old—called misdirection. While the...
The Buyer Who Wasn’t There
The record gap between home sellers and buyers reveals a tale of two Americas—Sun Belt markets drowning in oversupply while Northern cities with...
Amazon’s Empty Chairs
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) To put the size of Amazon’s office downsizing in perspective, one of its...
Chicko Chicken to Open 1,659 SQFT Location at Terrace Village Shopping Center in Mountlake Terrace
Seattle, Wash. (April 29, 2026) – Chicko Chicken, a quick-service franchise specializing in authentic Korean-style fried chicken, has leased 1,659 square feet at...
Bellevue Commits Record $37MM to Deliver 271 Affordable Units in Largest Housing Round in City History
Four developers secured funding to advance income-restricted apartments and ownership homes across the Eastside, with two projects breaking ground this year. Bellevue is...
Bellevue Kicks Off Master Plan for 8-Acre Bel-Red Park as Transit Corridor Densifies
The city’s Parks department opened a year-long community planning process for a former industrial site adjacent to the Spring District, with construction backed...
$220MM Data Center Plan Surfaces on 4.6-Acre Duwamish Site as Seattle Weighs Moratorium
An unnamed developer files plans for a four-story, up-to-320,000-SQFT facility on a former Carlyle cold-storage site, racing ahead of a potential City Hall...
Amazon Opens 1.75-Acre “Meadow” at Stalled Bellevue 600 Tower 2 Site, Doubling Down on Eastside Footprint
Tech giant transforms paused construction parcel into a public park as Tower 1 build-out continues toward 2027 completion Amazon has converted the dormant...
Equity Residential Bets on Bellevue-Redmond as Seattle Apartment Market Trails San Francisco’s AI Recovery
The REIT’s 8,051-unit Seattle portfolio underperformed in Q1 2026, but executives see Eastside office momentum and migration patterns positioning the metro for a...
Seattle Holds Steady for BXP as Downtown Vacancy Climbs to 36.5%
The largest premier workplace REIT keeps its two-asset Seattle CBD portfolio at 80.7 percent occupied even as the broader downtown market posts the...
Essex Signals Seattle Apartment Market Poised to Close the Gap with the Bay Area
The West Coast multifamily giant points to dwindling supply, fresh office expansions and improving April leasing data as evidence Seattle’s recovery is underway....
