City of Seattle
Mayor Wilson’s $9.1B Seattle Budget Spares Employers a JumpStart Hike, Tightens the Screws on Apartment Fees
Mayor Katie B. Wilson's first proposed budget closes an inherited $175 million General Fund gap through spending cuts rather than a JumpStart payroll...
Seattle Sits Out the National Office Occupancy Index Even as Puget Sound Landlords Chase the Same Answer
The most widely cited measure of the American return to office does not track Seattle, leaving Puget Sound owners and lenders to benchmark...
Community Roots Housing and Kids Co. Begin 8,000 SQFT Early Learning Center Buildout at CopperLeaf Northgate in Seattle
Construction has begun on a purpose-built child care center inside the ground floor of a fully leased affordable housing community steps from Link...
Seattle Building Emissions Fall 14% as City’s New Performance Standard Nears First Deadline
Seattle's Office of Sustainability & Environment reported that emissions from the city's buildings sector fell sharply in 2024 even as population and economic...
Kassel Tapped to Renovate 1925 Bakun Building, Seattle’s Last Waterfront Holdout
The City of Seattle has selected a Redmond-based public works contractor to finally bring its century-old Bakun Building back to life, closing out...
Seattle Council Scraps Local Zoning-Appeal Process in 5-4 Vote, Easing the Path for Housing Development
A narrowly divided Seattle City Council has eliminated the city-level environmental appeal that opponents used to delay major rezones, redirecting future challenges to...
King County Assessor Candidates Line Up Behind Homestead Exemption That Would Shift Tax Burden to Commercial Owners
The four candidates running to replace John Wilson as King County assessor have coalesced around a universal homestead exemption that would cut tax...
Mayor Wilson Appoints Kelli Larsen as Director of Seattle Office of Housing
Mayor Katie B. Wilson has tapped a five-year veteran of the Seattle Office of Housing, Kelli Larsen, to run the agency and execute...
Seattle Economic Development Chief Signals Retreat From JumpStart Tax Expansion as Downtown Vacancy Tops 30%
Seattle’s new economic development director, Beto Yarce, says the city is exploring revenue options other than expanding its JumpStart payroll tax, even as...
Downtown Seattle Switches On First IKE Digital Kiosks Ahead of World Cup, With 50-Unit Network to Follow
The Downtown Seattle Association, the city of Seattle and Orange Barrel Media activated the first of 50 planned IKE Smart City digital kiosks...
Privately Funded Elliott Bay Connections to Reopen 16-Acre Seattle Waterfront Parks on June 4
A philanthropy-backed overhaul of Myrtle Edwards and Centennial Parks closes a critical gap along Seattle’s reimagined Elliott Bay shoreline, extending a continuous public...
Sound Transit Board Greenlights $34.5B ST3 Reset, Leaving Ballard Link in Limbo
A 16-2 vote prioritizes West Seattle and resurrects the Graham Street station, but the long-promised extension to Market Street remains unfunded as the...
