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Bellevue Locks In 5,700-Unit Affordable Housing Target as Eastside Tech Boom Strains Market
The seven-year strategy more than doubles the city's previous goal as record corporate leasing collides with rising rents and a regional construction slowdown....
Bellevue Kicks Off Master Plan for 8-Acre Bel-Red Park as Transit Corridor Densifies
The city's Parks department opened a year-long community planning process for a former industrial site adjacent to the Spring District, with construction backed...
Amazon Opens 1.75-Acre “Meadow” at Stalled Bellevue 600 Tower 2 Site, Doubling Down on Eastside Footprint
Tech giant transforms paused construction parcel into a public park as Tower 1 build-out continues toward 2027 completion Amazon has converted the dormant...
Kilroy’s Seattle Portfolio Holds Steady at 79.3% Occupancy as REIT Posts Best Q1 Leasing Since 2017
Puget Sound holdings outperform the broader Seattle office market as Eastside and AI-driven leasing activity reshapes the region; Kilroy lifts 2026 FFO guidance...
Amazon Spends $220MM on Ashley Furniture’s 1.1MM SQFT Distribution Complex and Parcels in Spanaway
The e-commerce giant's purchase of the purpose-built logistics campus ranks among Pierce County's largest commercial real estate transactions and signals renewed appetite for...
The Geography of Want: Why Starbucks Can’t Drag Its People to Nashville
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) There's an old joke about the Boston banker who, told he must relocate...
Hudson Pacific’s Seattle Portfolio Bets on Quality as Puget Sound Logs First Positive Absorption in Three Years
The REIT owns nine Seattle buildings anchored by a 667,724-SQFT Amazon lease, but half the Pioneer Square portfolio sits below 40 percent occupied...
Bellevue Readies Draft Policies for Factoria as Eastside Office Rents Climb and Mall Redevelopment Advances
The city's Great Neighborhoods planning process enters the Refine phase with a May 7 open house, setting a 10- to 20-year blueprint for...
Seattle to Unveil Denny Way Bus Lane Plan to Rescue Metro Route 8, Corridor’s Largest Employers
Mayor Katie Wilson's administration is set to commit to dedicated transit infrastructure on one of the region's most congested commercial arteries, a move...
Macerich Bets $140MM NOI Lift on Anchor Overhaul and Gen Z-Driven Merchandising Strategy
The Santa Monica-based mall REIT is executing a two-year repositioning that has pushed leasing volume up 85 percent and committed replacements for all...
$13.5MM Permanent Refinance Secured for 95-Room Hampton Inn & Suites in Kent
Hampton Inn & Suites Kent Location Retires Maturing Loan Following Strategic Performance Improvement Program; Bank Loan Offers Attractive Fixed Rate and Maximum Proceeds...
AI Set to Flatten Office Job Growth Through 2030, Pushing U.S. Vacancy to 21.5%, Newmark Finds
A new Newmark research report forecasts that artificial intelligence will moderate office-using employment to near-zero growth over the next five years, reshaping demand...
