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Seattle Seahawks to Hit the Market After Super Bowl LX
Paul Allen’s Estate to Sell NFL Franchise in What Could Be Record $7-8 Billion Deal The Seattle Seahawks will be put up for...
Seattle Advances Phase Two of Comprehensive Zoning Overhaul to Address Housing Shortage
Mayor Wilson’s proposal enables multifamily housing in 30 new neighborhood centers and transit corridors as city tackles affordability crisis Seattle Mayor Katie B....
January Hiring Seen at 80,000 as Labor Market Shows Signs of Gradual Cooling
Wells Fargo Economics expects steady unemployment, softer wage pressure, and downward revisions to 2025 job growth After several years in which the labor...
Blackstone Bets $50 Billion That Real Estate’s Long Winter Is Ending
The alternative asset giant delivered its best quarter ever, but its real estate portfolio—down 16 percent since the rate cycle began—is only now...
Seattle-Tacoma Industrial Landlords Pivot to Renewals as 80% of Q4 Deals Extend Existing Tenants
Renewal Activity Dominates Q4 2025 as Landlords Offer Extended Concessions and Development Pipeline Contracts Sharply The Pacific Northwest’s industrial real estate market closed...
U.S. Population Growth Slows to 0.5% in 2025 as Net Immigration Drops 54% to 1.3MM
Wells Fargo Economics says reduced foreign inflows, not domestic moves, drove the nationwide deceleration After several years in which migration reshaped regional economies,...
Portland Multifamily Vacancy Tightens to 8.5% as Development Pipeline Shrinks 66%
Average sale prices decline 9 percent year-over-year while net absorption reaches 392 units in fourth quarter Portland’s multifamily market posted improved fundamentals in...
Bellevue Unveils Seven-Year Affordable Housing Strategy
City Council to review comprehensive plan aimed at expanding housing access across all income levels through 2032 The Bellevue City Council is set...
Washington Legislature Advances Commercial-to-Residential Bills as State Confronts Housing Emergency
Three measures target zoning restrictions, operational barriers, and infrastructure costs to accelerate production of 55,000 homes annually Washington’s commercial real estate industry faces...
Portland Retail Market Shows Resilience Despite Negative Absorption in Fourth Quarter 2025
Vacancy ticks up to 4.5 percent while asking rents climb to $2.01 per square foot as market absorbs 183,075 square feet of negative...
Amazon Pulls the Plug on Fresh and Go Stores in Strategic Retreat from Grocery Ambitions
The e-commerce giant is shuttering all 72 experimental retail locations as it refocuses on Whole Foods and delivery Amazon.com Inc.’s bold experiment in...
Consumer Confidence Plunges to Decade Low as Labor Market Anxieties Mount
Growing Job Market Concerns and Cost-of-Living Pressures Push Sentiment Below Pandemic-Era Levels American consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest point in a...
