Commercial
Mass Timber Emerges as Embodied-Carbon Fix for Data Centers, Cutting Footprint Up to 60%
Engineers from Thornton Tomasetti and Gensler make the case that hybrid mass timber can slash data center embodied carbon and compress schedules without...
PSU Selects Colas Development Group for $70MM Hotel, Conference Center in Downtown Portland
A privately financed 150-key hotel and conference center anchors the commercial bet on PSU’s Performing Arts + Culture Center as the project’s fate...
191,114 SQFT Cascade I & II Office Campus in Hillsboro Hits the Market
The two-building, recently renovated Class A campus in the Sunset Corridor tests investor demand for suburban office in the Portland metro’s strongest-performing submarket....
Google-Leased 520 Westlake Tower in Seattle’s South Lake Union Hits Market
The 372,672-square-foot trophy building, delivered in 2022 and fully leased to Google on a long-term basis, tests institutional appetite for Seattle’s strongest office...
City of Bellevue Grants Design Approval for Tishman Speyer’s Four-Tower, 1MM SQFT Belle Vista Campus
The renewed design review approval resets the clock on one of Downtown Bellevue’s largest planned office developments, locking in entitlements through at least...
PMB Files Plans for 377,442 SQFT Medical Office Building in Bellevue’s Wilburton
The San Diego-based healthcare developer’s design review application would replace the aging Red Lion hotel complex and a 1980s office building along 116th...
Seattle Opens Salvage Lumber Warehouse in SODO to Funnel Old-Growth Wood Back Into New Construction
An EPA-funded warehouse run by Earthwise Architectural Salvage aims to turn deconstructed Seattle homes into a steady supply chain for builders chasing embodied-carbon...
Historic 193,027 SQFT Central Building Hits Market in Downtown Seattle at Reset Basis
Newly renovated 1907 landmark lists for sale with 30.6 percent occupancy, offering buyers a generational entry point as Seattle’s CBD office market resets....
Out-of-Market Firms Drive 72% of Puget Sound AI Leasing as 2026 Tracks Record Year
California-headquartered AI companies now account for 62 percent of regional leasing activity, mirroring the 2010s tech migration that reshaped Seattle and the Eastside....
Philips Plans Multiyear Sale of 57-Acre Bothell Campus Assessed at $122.99MM
Dutch health-tech giant tees up a quiet exit from its longtime Puget Sound headquarters and signals a search for smaller, modernized Seattle-area space....
Seattle Posts Highest Vacancy Increase Among Tech Gateways Even as Bellevue Anchors AI Leasing Recovery
CBRE’s 2026 Tech Gateway Office Markets report shows Seattle’s downtown and Eastside drawing top-five U.S. AI tenant demand while overall vacancy climbs 500...
Class A+ Office Occupancy Nears 2025 Peak as Kastle Barometer Climbs to 78.6 Percent
Trophy buildings push toward full reoccupation while the broader Kastle index logs its strongest peak day since early March, signaling a widening gap...
