Retail
Downtown Portland Foot Traffic Hits Post-2020 High as Weekend Visits Near 2019 Levels
Downtown Portland drew 22.2 million pedestrian visits through August, its busiest summer since 2020, as weekend crowds and event-goers climbed back toward pre-pandemic...
Best Practice Architecture Turns 3,000 SQFT Capitol Hill Storefront Into Roma Roma Pizzeria With $250,000 Build-Out
Best Practice Architecture has completed Roma Roma, a 2,517-square-foot Roman-style pizzeria inside Capitol Hill's 12th Avenue Arts building, where a $250,000 interior overhaul...
Starbird Chicken Signs 17-Unit Washington Franchise Deal with Former Jack in the Box Operator
A San Francisco-born fast casual chicken concept is following a proven multi-unit operator into Washington, betting on a franchisee with decades of experience...
Coffee TAB Marks Grand Opening at Vulcan’s 23rd and Jackson in Seattle
Coffee TAB celebrates its grand opening at Vulcan's 23rd and Jackson, its third Seattle café built from a single coffee cart.
Rivian Leases 32,000 SQFT Former Evergreen Ford Site in Issaquah’s Hyla Crossing for Sixth Puget Sound Showroom
Rivian Automotive has signed a lease with Rowley Properties for a 32,034-square-foot showroom and service center at the soon-to-be-vacated Evergreen Ford dealership in...
Olympia’s Capital Mall Among Five in $437MM Starwood Portfolio Back in Special Servicing
Capital Mall in Olympia is one of five regional malls backing a $436.9 million CMBS loan that tumbled back into special servicing on...
Formation Report Finds Seattle Shedding Restaurants Per Capita, Squeezing Ground-Floor Retail
Formation's assessment of Seattle's economy finds the city has lost restaurants per capita both before and after the pandemic, a sign that thin-margin...
Port of Seattle Lands 11 Concessionaires for 17 New Dining and Retail Spaces at SEA Airport
The Port of Seattle has selected 11 concessionaires to operate 17 new coffee, specialty and convenience retail concepts across Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, extending...
WinCo Pushes Ahead on First Seattle Store With New Permit Filings, Targets Opening Within a Year
WinCo Foods is pushing ahead on its long-stalled first Seattle store, filing new permit paperwork for the vacant former Sam's Club on Aurora...
Shake Shack, Boot Barn Sign Leases at The Hub @ Everett as Brixton Reaffirms Topgolf
Brixton Capital has signed Shake Shack and Boot Barn to anchor spots at The Hub @ Everett, pairing the leasing news with a...
Unico Retail Property Near Pike Place Market in Seattle Enters Receivership After $14.5MM Default
The collapse of First and Union's occupancy traces to Pike Brewing Company's November 2025 closure of its 30-year flagship taproom, a loss that...
Taylor Morrison Acquires 3.42-Acre Rose Hill Village Site in Kirkland for $27MM
Taylor Morrison's $27 million purchase of the former Kelly-Moore Paint site pays MainStreet Property Group a 32 percent gain since 2022, underscoring how...
