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Amazon Revealed as Developer Behind $5 Billion, 3.4 Million-SQFT Data Center Campus at Wallula Gap in Eastern Washington
The 16-building project on 554 acres of former farmland represents the largest private economic development effort in Walla Walla County’s history and would...
Pacific Northwest’s 4,120 MW Data Center Footprint and Low Power Costs Position Region as a National Leader
JLL’s year-end 2025 report highlights the Seattle and Portland region’s power cost advantage and hyperscaler proximity as the broader data center sector faces...
Seattle’s U District Posts 37.4 Million Annual Visits as Housing, Transit, and Small Business Investment Accelerate
A new economic report from the U District Partnership documents record foot traffic, a 47 percent population surge since 2010, a 27 percent...
AI’s Toll on Customer Service Signals Broader Workforce Reckoning as Tech Spending Reshapes Markets
New survey data shows customer support hiring has cratered by nearly two-thirds in two years, even as historical patterns suggest AI will ultimately...
Portland Multifamily Market Closes 2025 With Shrinking Pipeline, Improving Vacancy, and $1.76 Billion in Transactions
HFO’s Q4 Marketwatch report finds construction starts at decade-low levels, absorption outpacing deliveries, and institutional buyers re-engaging as the metro positions for a...
Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Injects Optimism Into South Sound Industrial Market as Vacancy Climbs to 9.8%
Lee & Associates brokers report rising tenant activity in early 2026 amid a structural shift toward Class B product and shorter lease terms...
Cushman & Wakefield Maps Four AI Scenarios for Commercial Real Estate, Warns of Widening Property Bifurcation
The firm’s new econometric framework and AI Impact Barometer offer occupiers and investors a data-driven lens on how artificial intelligence could reshape demand,...
Young Workers Bear the Brunt as Stanford Research Links Accelerating Job Declines to AI Exposure
New analysis from the “Canaries in the Coal Mine” research team finds that jobs most exposed to artificial intelligence are not the same...
Washington Senate Passes Historic 9.9% Income Tax on Millionaires in 27-22 Vote, Sending Shockwaves Through State’s Business Community
SB 6346, dubbed the “Millionaires Tax,” would generate an estimated $3.7 billion annually beginning in 2029, but critics warn the legislation could accelerate...
Kitsap County Apartment Vacancy Plunges 270 Basis Points as the Puget Sound’s Smallest Market Posts Sharpest Fundamental Improvement
A new Kidder Mathews report finds vacancy fell from 10.9 percent to 8.2 percent during 2025 — the largest decline of any submarket...
Pierce County Apartment Sales Reach $445MM in 2025 as Income-Focused Investors Target the South Sound’s Higher Yields
A new Kidder Mathews report finds 43 buildings traded at 6.0 percent average cap rates while the Tacoma-anchored market posted 2 percent rent...
Snohomish County Apartment Sales Reach $640MM in 2025 as Measured Recovery Favors Patient Capital
A new Kidder Mathews report finds transaction volume more than doubled from 2023 levels as flat rents and a light supply pipeline keep...
