Lower Immigration, Cautious Consumers and Shifting Migration Patterns Reshape US Housing Outlook for 2026
John Burns Research and Consulting finds that capturing housing demand now requires surgical precision as demographic tailwinds weaken and buyer sentiment sours to...
Lynnwood Public Facilities District Selects Pine Street Group and LMN to Lead 13-Acre Redevelopment of City Center
Leading the Largest Public Regional Master Plan Redevelopment Lynnwood, WA – March 31, 2026 – The Lynnwood Public Facilities District (“The District”) announced...
Bellevue City Council Unanimously Advances 2026-32 Affordable Housing Strategy Targeting 5,700 Units Over Next Decade
Updated seven-year plan replaces 2017 strategy with expanded tools, new revenue sources, and preservation targets as median home prices approach $1.6 million on...
Portland City Council Explores Vacancy Fee on Landlords as Downtown Struggles With Record-High Empty Space
Councilors have commissioned a $62,520 study to explore how a long-term vacancy fee might be structured The Portland City Council is exploring whether...
Seahawks File Plans for 80,000 SQFT Expansion of Renton Training Facility
The franchise’s Virginia Mason Athletic Center will undergo a major renovation and three-story addition, with construction targeting summer 2026 and a fall 2028...
UBS Suspends $469MM Euroinvest Fund Withdrawals, Exposing Structural Cracks in European Real Estate Vehicles
Asset manager halts redemptions for up to three years amid liquidity constraints, as open-ended fund model faces systemic stress across European property markets....
Red Tail Acquisitions Buys 115-Unit Exeter House Apartments for $25MM in Seattle’s First Hill
The 1927 property traded at roughly $217,400 per unit, well below comparable recent multifamily sales across Seattle’s urban core. An entity affiliated with...
G3 Partners Acquires Nine Acres of Overlake Christian Church’s Redmond Campus for $15.5MM
Kirkland-based buyer plans 142,240-square-foot recreation, manufacturing, and office facility on subdivided industrial-zoned parcel along Willows Road NE G3 Partners LLC has purchased a...
Oregon’s Industrial Real Estate Reckoning: 9,100 Acres Poised to Transform Rural Data Center Market
State communities plan to quadruple data center footprint as Amazon’s $37 million land purchase eyes first exascale facility near Boardman. Oregon stands at...
Essex Property Trust Reports Steady Growth in Seattle as Declining Supply Pipeline Positions Market for Tighter Conditions
The apartment REIT’s Pacific Northwest portfolio posted 2.8 percent same-property revenue growth in 2025, with the region poised to benefit from a sharp...
SecureSpace Self Storage Opens 53,000 SQFT Self Storage Site in Tukwila
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., March 26, 2026 — SecureSpace Self Storage (“SecureSpace”), a leading self-storage platform with locations across key urban markets in the...
Puget Sound Apartment Market Hits $6 Billion in Transaction Volume as Institutional Investors Return to the Region
The Simon | Anderson Multifamily Team at Kidder Mathews delivered its spring market outlook at its 26th investor forum, citing a surge in...
Lower Immigration, Cautious Consumers and Shifting Migration Patterns Reshape US Housing Outlook for 2026
John Burns Research and Consulting finds that capturing housing demand now requires surgical precision as demographic tailwinds weaken and buyer sentiment sours to...
Portland City Council Explores Vacancy Fee on Landlords as Downtown Struggles With Record-High Empty Space
Councilors have commissioned a $62,520 study to explore how a long-term vacancy fee might be structured The Portland City Council is exploring whether...
Oregon’s Industrial Real Estate Reckoning: 9,100 Acres Poised to Transform Rural Data Center Market
State communities plan to quadruple data center footprint as Amazon’s $37 million land purchase eyes first exascale facility near Boardman. Oregon stands at...
Portland City Grill Renews Lease at Big Pink, Reaffirming Commitment to Downtown Portland
PORTLAND, Ore.–Swickard Group announced today that Portland City Grill, one of the city’s most iconic dining destinations, has renewed its lease for five...
Fourth Avenue Capital Acquires New Construction 174-Unit Spring Woods Apartments in Salem for $39.3MM
The Seattle-based middle-market multifamily firm’s acquisition at approximately $225,862 per unit continues its strategy of targeting newly built assets below replacement cost in...
72-Unit New Construction Q1 Apartments Hits Market in Hillsboro’s Silicon Forest Corridor
The 2024-built multifamily asset along Quatama Road offers all two-bedroom units near Intel’s Ronler Acres campus and the MAX Blue Line A 72-unit...
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Continue ReadingLower Immigration, Cautious Consumers and Shifting Migration Patterns Reshape US Housing Outlook for 2026
John Burns Research and Consulting finds that capturing housing demand now requires surgical precision as demographic tailwinds weaken and buyer sentiment sours to...
PSERS and Tennessee TCRS Deploy $500MM Into Real Estate and Infrastructure Funds
Major public pension systems signal renewed confidence in commercial real estate as stabilizing markets and improving capital conditions draw institutional capital back into...
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Is Both a Threat and a Lifeline for Developers
A single provision is freezing the build-to-rent pipeline, but the rest of the landmark bill delivers some of the most pro-development federal reforms...
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...
The Morning After and How The Cycle Turned While You Were Sleeping
After two years of paralysis, capital is clearing its throat and deal volume is stirring — but this cycle rewards scalpels, not sledgehammers....
3D Printed Houses and Other Fairy Tales
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) The prophecy was always that technology would save us. And here we are in 2026,...
The $200 Billion Question: Where Does Your Tariff Tax Go?
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) The Trump administration is crowing about collecting $200 billion in tariff revenues this year. Customs...
McNellis on CMBS: “Commercial Mortgage BS”
By John McNellis This essay is taken from John’s forthcoming 3rd edition of Making it in Real Estate. I was leaning against the bar...
Kennedy Wilson Sells Stake in 204-Unit Equinox Apartments in Seattle’s Eastlake for $44.9MM
The 204-unit Eastlake waterfront apartment complex was jointly acquired by Kennedy Wilson and a partnerfor $90 million in 2016; the partner buyout is...
MSR Communities Plans 247-Unit Mountain View Apartments on Former Dumpster Yard Near Canyon Park in Bothell
International homebuilder’s first multifamily rental project spans two phases — a 109-unit, seven-story building and a 138-unit, eight-story building — on a site...
Lake City Collective Plans 26,500 SQFT Cultural Center in Seattle
A three-story community-focused development would bring gathering space, urban agriculture, and resilience infrastructure to a 10,804-square-foot site in North Seattle Community-focused development efforts...
Bell Partners Acquires 177-Unit Milehouse Apartments in Redmond for $78.5MM from UDR
The Greensboro, N.C.-based multifamily investor continues to expand its Seattle-region portfolio with its acquisition of the downtown Redmond mixed-use apartment community, which UDR...
Portland City Grill Renews Lease at Big Pink, Reaffirming Commitment to Downtown Portland
PORTLAND, Ore.–Swickard Group announced today that Portland City Grill, one of the city’s most iconic dining destinations, has renewed its lease for five...
LeFrak Buys Out Kennedy Wilson’s Stake in 282-Unit Radius Apartments in Seattle for $60MM
LeFrak takes ownership of the South Lake Union apartment complex, which the two firms jointly acquired from Greystar for $141 million in 2017;...
PSERS and Tennessee TCRS Deploy $500MM Into Real Estate and Infrastructure Funds
Major public pension systems signal renewed confidence in commercial real estate as stabilizing markets and improving capital conditions draw institutional capital back into...
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Is Both a Threat and a Lifeline for Developers
A single provision is freezing the build-to-rent pipeline, but the rest of the landmark bill delivers some of the most pro-development federal reforms...