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...
Issaquah Pivots to Small-Scale Road Fixes, Sidelines $110MM I-90 Crossing in Six-Year Transportation Plan
Facing constrained revenue and resident pressure over congestion, Issaquah’s City Council approved a six-year transportation plan that elevates low-cost intersection and bridge fixes...
Velmeir Companies’ 82-Unit Arbory Begins Leasing in Seattle as Anchor Tenant PCC Community Markets Preps Fall Opening
Ten years after signing its lease and nine years after the project first surfaced in public filings, PCC Community Markets is finally weeks...
Self Enhancement Inc. and Community Development Partners Open 75-Unit Strong Empowerment Village in North Portland’s Humboldt Neighborhood
The $44 million Luther Strong Jr. and Dr. Jackie Strong Empowerment Village opens June 23 at North Alberta Street and Williams Avenue, delivering...
Stadium Authority and Building Trades Appeal Seattle Plan That Would Permanently Ban Housing in SoDo’s Stadium District
The public agency that oversees T-Mobile Park has joined Seattle’s construction unions to challenge a city subarea plan that would lock housing out...
MAG Capital Partners Acquires 57,000 SQFT Beverage Manufacturing Portfolio in Eugene, Ore.
Dallas-based MAG Capital Partners has completed a long-term sale leaseback with Great Frontier Holdings, acquiring a pair of adjacent industrial beverage manufacturing buildings...
Bellevue Drafts Plans to Convert Eastgate and Factoria’s Aging Office and Retail Cores into Walkable Mixed-Use Districts
Bellevue has published draft neighborhood area plans for Eastgate and Factoria that would steer two of the Eastside’s most car-dependent commercial submarkets toward...
Mercy Housing Northwest Opens 129-Unit Aviva Crossing in Tacoma After Nearly a Decade of Planning
A long-planned affordable family housing development on Tacoma’s west side has reached the finish line, with Mercy Housing Northwest and the Tacoma Housing...
Databricks Signs 160,000 SQFT Lease at Four106 in Downtown Bellevue
Databricks’ 160,000-square-foot commitment at Four106 joins Uber and Anthropic at the tower as the $134 billion AI company builds a Puget Sound footprint...
Jenkins Properties Secures $47MM Construction Loan for 137-Unit Roosevelt Manor in Seattle
A Greenwich, Connecticut-based alternative lender has made its Seattle debut with a $47 million construction loan for a transit-oriented apartment development in the...
C&A Development, Amazon Partner on 67-Unit Pointe at Thomas Affordable Housing Project in Seattle Backed by $18.1MM in Financing
A former Seattle Seahawk, a major technology company, and a nearly century-old credit union have joined forces to break ground on a 67-unit...
Seattle Lands Among Top Five Global AI Office Markets Despite Rising Vacancy
Tech tenants leased increasing volumes of Seattle office space in 2025 as AI demand pushed the metro into the top tier of global...
Self Enhancement Inc. and Community Development Partners Open 75-Unit Strong Empowerment Village in North Portland’s Humboldt Neighborhood
The $44 million Luther Strong Jr. and Dr. Jackie Strong Empowerment Village opens June 23 at North Alberta Street and Williams Avenue, delivering...
MAG Capital Partners Acquires 57,000 SQFT Beverage Manufacturing Portfolio in Eugene, Ore.
Dallas-based MAG Capital Partners has completed a long-term sale leaseback with Great Frontier Holdings, acquiring a pair of adjacent industrial beverage manufacturing buildings...
Investment Property Group Lists 70-Unit Woodcreek Apartments in Fairview, Ore.
A 70-unit workforce housing community in Fairview, Oregon has come to market at a moment when value-add suburban multifamily is arguably the most...
DSV Plans 750,000 SQFT Oregon Regional Warehouse Hub in Hillsboro
The world’s third-largest logistics provider is planting a major stake in Oregon’s Silicon Forest, consolidating three existing facilities into a single 750,000-square-foot hub...
Perkins & Co Signs 11-Year Lease at First & Main in Portland, Downsizing to 30,000 SQFT
After nearly 20 years at PacWest Center, the firm is taking less space in a better building — a move that reflects both...
Under Armour Closes Flagship Portland Footwear Office, Consolidating Operations in Baltimore
Under Armour is shutting down its flagship Portland office and consolidating the bulk of its footwear innovation and design operations in Baltimore, retreating...
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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...
Downtown Seattle Association Report Blames JumpStart Payroll Tax for Downtown’s Decline as Backers Defend $388MM Revenue Engine
A new Downtown Seattle Association report argues that Seattle’s five-year-old JumpStart payroll tax has helped push jobs, employers and office value across Lake...
Lennar Trims Buyer Incentives for First Time in Three Years as Tech Job Jitters, Data Center Boom Reshape Northwest Housing Math
Lennar’s second-quarter results showed sales incentives falling for the first time in three years, a tentative sign of margin recovery that arrives as...
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...
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...
Construction Continues on Carmel Partners’ 573-Unit Overlake Village Mixed-Use Development in Redmond
A major transit-oriented apartment project is cresting the roofline in Redmond’s Overlake neighborhood, reaching its structural topping milestone at a moment when two...
Investment Property Group Lists 70-Unit Woodcreek Apartments in Fairview, Ore.
A 70-unit workforce housing community in Fairview, Oregon has come to market at a moment when value-add suburban multifamily is arguably the most...
Grocery Outlet- and Ross-Anchored Mount Vernon Center Hits Market at $15.55MM in Mount Vernon
A 100,155-square-foot neighborhood retail center in Mount Vernon, anchored by Grocery Outlet and Ross Dress for Less and 98 percent leased, has been...
Cliff Avril’s C&A Development Lands $18.1MM for 67-Unit Affordable Project on Seattle’s Capitol Hill
C&A Development lands $18.1MM, including Amazon backing, for a 67-unit affordable apartment project on Seattle's Capitol Hill.
Greater Puget Sound Industrial Market Logs Negative 1.7MM-SQFT Absorption as Vacancy Settles Near 10 Percent
The Greater Puget Sound industrial market spent the past 12 months hunting for equilibrium, recording negative 1.7 million square feet of net absorption...
DSV Plans 750,000 SQFT Oregon Regional Warehouse Hub in Hillsboro
The world’s third-largest logistics provider is planting a major stake in Oregon’s Silicon Forest, consolidating three existing facilities into a single 750,000-square-foot hub...
Calista Real Estate Buys 51,000 SQFT Manufacturing Warehouse in Woodinville for $15.1MM
A San Francisco-based seller has divested a 50,958-square-foot industrial building in Woodinville to a local Issaquah-based entity, in a King County transaction that...
Lytle Enterprises Sells 182-Unit Fairwinds Brighton Court Seniors Housing Community in Lynnwood for $53MM
JLL Capital Markets led the sales efforts for Fairwinds Brighton Court, a 182-unit community in Lynnwood, Washington (Editor’s Note: According to Snohomish County...
