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Seattle Apartment Market ‘Treading Water’ as Deputy Mayor Calls JumpStart Tax a ‘Slush Fund’
At the Simon | Anderson Multifamily Team's fall investor forum, Kidder Mathews' Dylan Simon described a Puget Sound apartment market stuck between flat...
Seattle Posts Fastest AI Office Demand Growth but Trails Three-Market Core, VTS Finds
New VTS research shows AI companies entering the office market 27 percent more often than a year ago, but with San Francisco, New...
Eastside’s 14.7MM SQFT Office Pipeline Still Has Zero Pre-Leasing as Supply Freeze Props Up Bellevue Recovery
Broderick Group's third-quarter report still counts roughly 14.7 million square feet of proposed office development across the Eastside, none of it pre-leased, and...
NWMLS Listings Hit 12-Year High as Pending Sales Drop 15%, Condos Take Hardest Hit
Active listings across the Northwest Multiple Listing Service footprint climbed 24.5 percent in September to their highest level in 12 years, while pending...
Broderick Still Sees Eastside Office Vacancy at 19% by Year-End, a Target That Needs 1.2MM SQFT in One Quarter
Broderick Group's appendix projects Eastside office vacancy will end 2026 at 19.0 percent on 1.18 million square feet of net absorption for the...
Mayor Wilson Puts Kidder Mathews, Amazon and Port of Seattle on Task Force as Downtown Office Vacancy Hovers Near 35%
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has named 18 business, labor and civic leaders, from Kidder Mathews Chairman Bill Frame to Port of Seattle President...
Seattle’s AI Footprint Grows 42% Since 2024, Nearly Matching San Francisco’s Pace, JLL Report Finds
A 2026 JLL study ranks Seattle as the nation's third-largest pool of senior artificial intelligence talent and one of two strong secondary markets...
Seattle’s Security Properties Cuts Deal Underwriting to Minutes as Puget Sound Embraces AI
Seattle-based Security Properties has put a proprietary AI underwriting engine into its acquisition pipeline, and with Seattle, Everett and Bellevue piloting AI permit...
Puget Sound Office Leasing Cools to 1.3MM SQFT as Availability Eases to 26.1%
Seattle/Puget Sound office leasing slowed to 1.3 million square feet in the third quarter after two blockbuster quarters, but availability, sublease supply and...
Washington Wage Floor Hits $17.73 in 2027 as Seattle Climbs to $22.14, Raising the Bill for Retail and Hospitality Tenants
Washington's statewide wage floor climbs to $17.73 an hour on Jan. 1, while Seattle moves to $22.14 and a sharply higher overtime-exempt salary...
Seattle, Portland Post Highest Big-Box Warehouse Construction Costs in the Americas
Seattle and Portland now carry the highest costs in the Americas for big-box warehouse construction, with a 901,000-square-foot shell running about $100 million...
Kabani Hotel Group CEO Urges Owners to Tighten Risk Controls as 7% Debt, AI and Insurance Costs Mount
Kabani Hotel Group founder Ahmed Kabani is urging hotel owners to tighten risk controls while markets still feel calm, and his seven-point checklist,...
