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Seattle Mayor Wilson, King County Executive Zahilay Push to Secure Graham Street Station in ST3 Plan
Seattle and King County leaders are betting a last-minute funding amendment can end 27 years of broken promises for a Rainier Valley transit...
A Shot in the (Life Science) Arm for Puget Sound
Eli Lilly’s $1.5 billion cash deal for Bothell-based Curevo Vaccine is the kind of validating, capital-attracting exit Puget Sound’s life sciences cluster has...
Norwegian Cruise Line Locks In Seattle Through 2035 in Lease Worth Up to $316MM
Port of Seattle commission’s amended agreement ties extension options to decarbonization milestones, signaling how environmental performance is reshaping cruise tenancy in the Pacific...
Commercial Brokers Association Taps Washington REALTORS Veteran Mary Hull-Drury as President and CEO
The Lynnwood-based commercial real estate cooperative hands its top job to a longtime Olympia lobbyist as the Pacific Northwest market navigates record office...
Newmark Folds Oregon Capital Markets Team Into Bay Area Platform to Channel California Investor Flow
The realignment positions James Childress and Kellen Kollmorgen alongside Steven Golubchik as Portland courts Bay Area institutional buyers chasing yield in secondary markets....
Eastern Washington Apartment Market Cools in Q1 With Sales Volume Sliding 78% From Q4
Q1 transactions drop to 14 deals worth $33 million as vacancy ticks down to 7.8 percent and operators brace for a summer leasing...
Seattle Council Lifts Cap on Tiny House Villages to 150, Clears Path for 250-Resident Sites
Unanimous vote on third bill in Mayor Wilson’s shelter acceleration package puts a one-year clock on a 50 percent capacity bump and authorizes...
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...
Portland Hotels Limp Into 2026 as Downtown Distress Collides With Suburban Strength
National hotel performance is finally turning the corner, but Portland’s recovery remains stuck in the slow lane as international travel falters and downtown...
JP Morgan Pulls Plug on $1.4B Core-Plus Real Estate Fund, Putting Seattle Office Towers Back in Spotlight
The 24-year-old US Real Estate Income and Growth vehicle leaves behind a Denny Triangle footprint that once anchored the West Coast’s biggest office...
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...
