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Puget Sound’s $50MM-Plus Building Pipeline Swells to Nearly 60 Projects, Led by Bellevue’s $2.6B Spring District
A new tally of the region’s active construction shows nearly 60 projects each carrying price tags above $50 million, with public infrastructure, airport...
West Marine to Close Tigard Store, Oregon’s Lone Casualty in 59-Store Chapter 11 Restructuring
West Marine will close its Tigard store in the Portland suburbs, the only Oregon location on a 59-store national hit list as the...
Seattle Economic Development Chief Signals Retreat From JumpStart Tax Expansion as Downtown Vacancy Tops 30%
Seattle’s new economic development director, Beto Yarce, says the city is exploring revenue options other than expanding its JumpStart payroll tax, even as...
Seattle v. Bellevue: The Tortoise Wears a Patagonia Vest
Bellevue is trouncing Seattle on occupancy, but occupancy is the lagging indicator—and the talent that fills tomorrow’s offices still wants the messy city...
KB Home Leans on Built to Order as Puget Sound Inventory Swells and Buyers Gain Leverage
KB Home is expanding its Seattle-area footprint into a Puget Sound market that is tilting decisively toward buyers, betting that its order-first sales...
AI Data Center Market on Track to Hit $810.6B by 2033 as Enterprises Pour Capital Into Computing Infrastructure
A new Grand View Research study forecasts the global AI data center market will more than quintuple to $810.6 billion by 2033, with...
Trump Stalls Landmark Housing Bill Over Voter-ID Fight, Leaving West Coast Investors in Limbo
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, the biggest federal housing package in a generation, cleared Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support, but President...
BSI Brief Warns Puget Sound’s Tightening EHS and Climate Rules Are Redrawing the Cost of Operating Across Four Key Sectors
A new BSI executive brief argues that the greater Seattle region’s overlapping environmental, workforce and climate regulations have raised the operational bar for...
Data Center Vacancy Hits Near Zero as AI Demand Outruns Power and Permitting
With vacancy at essentially zero and tenants signing leases three years before space delivers, Digital Realty Chief Executive Officer Andy Power and CBRE’s...
CMBS Distress Rate Jumps to 11.86% in May as Office Pain Deepens and April Dip Evaporates
A one-month improvement in April proved fleeting as CRED iQ’s combined CMBS distress rate snapped back to 11.86 percent in May 2026, with...
Washington State Investment Board Stakes $400MM on KKR’s Record-Bound Asia Buyout Fund
Washington State’s public pension fund is backing KKR’s fifth Asia buyout vehicle with a commitment of up to $400 million, extending a 43-year...
Navy’s $30B Multi-Mission Dry Dock Contract Sets Up Generational Building Boom at Bremerton’s Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
The U.S. Navy is preparing to award up to five construction contracts worth a combined $30 billion to rebuild and modernize the carrier-servicing...
