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Portland Posts Nation’s Second-Worst Metro Construction Loss as Oregon Sheds 1,900 Jobs
The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro lost 4,900 construction jobs over the year ending March, ranking 359th of 360 U.S. metros in absolute losses and trailing...
Washington Construction Payrolls Stall as Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Sheds 2,200 Jobs
Statewide employment held flat at 214,600 in March even as the Puget Sound’s largest metro continued a year-long contraction, deepening regional concerns about...
New Blueprint, Rabina Land $75MM Loan to Launch 250-Unit First Phase at Former HP Campus in Vancouver
Six-year transformation of 180-acre Vancouver Innovation Center pivots from office park renovation to ground-up residential, with another 1,000 units in the pipeline. After...
Renton Bets $10MM on Downtown Reinvention as HEART Block Opens June 6 with World Cup in Sight
The city’s long-planned trifecta—Legacy Square, Piazza Park, and the Renton Market—debuts June 6, converting a former auto dealership and a vacant gravel lot...
Bellingham Clears 38-Unit Tull 3 Development With 30,000 SQFT Commercial Pad on Meridian
The City of Bellingham has signed off on environmental review for one of the next pieces of Meridian Street’s ongoing residential and retail...
Washington National Guard Announces Groundbreaking on $57.6MM Joint Force Headquarters at Camp Murray in Tacoma
The long-delayed Tacoma-area facility will consolidate senior military leadership and staff currently scattered across aging buildings into a single command campus by summer...
Sound Transit Chair Floats Scaled-Back Ballard Link, Issaquah Delay To Close $34.5B Gap
Resolution R2026-11 would truncate the region’s highest-ridership light rail line at Seattle Center and push the South Kirkland-to-Issaquah extension to 2050 Sound Transit...
Port of Seattle Unveils 31-Project Blueprint to Expand SEA for 56 Million Passengers by 2032
The Port’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement opens public comment on a sweeping near-term expansion anchored by a second terminal and 19 new gates....
Wishcamper Opens 164-Unit Amity Orchards Affordable Community in Beaverton’s South Cooper Mountain
The $80MM multigenerational project, backed by $9MM from Metro’s voter-approved housing bond, is the second bond-funded community to open in the fast-growing area...
Palindrome Opens 121-Unit Vuela Affordable Housing Project Over Food Bank and Transit Hub in Wilsonville
The mixed-use development stacks 121 income-restricted apartments atop a food pantry, a SMART transit center and a community food hall, anchoring a public-private...
Seattle’s Deepest Housing Need Is Also Its Hardest to Build, Says Community Roots CEO
As King County’s 2026 income limits inch upward, the gap between minimum-wage earners and the units they can afford keeps widening. The math...
Amazon Lands as Tenant Behind 1.2MM SQFT Project Cascade Warehouse in Arlington
The e-commerce giant is set to occupy a Panattoni-developed operations facility straddling the Arlington-Marysville line, even as residents press officials over water and...
