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Amazon’s Empty Chairs
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) To put the size of Amazon’s office downsizing in perspective, one of its...
Rare 77,500 SQFT Food Processing Facility in Sumner Hits Market at $18MM as Specialty Industrial Demand Surges
A specialized food production plant outside Tacoma, leased long-term to a fast-growing Chinese food brand, offers investors a glimpse of a booming but...
Amazon Commits $50 Billion to OpenAI in Landmark AI Partnership, Expanding AWS Cloud Deal by $100 Billion
The multi-year strategic partnership will deliver a jointly developed Stateful Runtime Environment, exclusive cloud distribution for OpenAI Frontier, and customized models to power...
Hudson Pacific’s $278MM Quarterly Loss Casts Shadow Over Seattle Portfolio as Amazon Anchor Holds but Pioneer Square Struggles
West Coast REIT posts fourth straight quarterly loss and $572MM full-year deficit while nine-property Puget Sound platform shows 69.5 percent occupancy and Washington...
Tri-Cities Apartment Construction Surge Delivers More Than 1,500 Units, Easing Rents as Developers Test the Market’s Limits
A roughly 10 percent expansion in rental stock is bringing relief to tenants, but rising vacancies in newer properties and slowing absorption raise...
Amazon Exits 251,000 SQFT Seattle Children’s Building, Accelerating Eastside Pivot
The tech giant’s departure from the 1950s-era Kumo office adds to more than 1 million square feet of lease expirations since 2020, as...
Amazon-Backed Altaire Project Advances as SRM Development Plans 146-Unit Affordable Housing Community Near Mercer Slough in Bellevue
Phase II of the two-building development at 991 118th Ave SE targets households earning as low as 30 percent of Area Median Income,...
Heartland Markets 14-Acre Overlake Seritage Mixed-Use Development Site With 1.05MM Buildable SQFT in Redmond
Former Sears property near Microsoft’s global headquarters comes to market with approved development agreement, completed environmental review, and more than $21 million in...
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...
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...
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...
Bellevue Launches Packed Week of Housing and Land Use Planning Sessions as City Pursues 5,700-Unit Affordability Target
A series of public meetings spanning affordable housing strategy, BelRed code overhaul, mixed-use density changes and urban design will shape the Eastside city’s...
