commercial real estate
Wells Fargo’s Higher Rate Floor Tests Northwest Housing as Data Centers and Power Drive Construction
Wells Fargo's September economic outlook points to a widening split in Pacific Northwest real estate: a data-center and power construction build-out gaining momentum...
Operating Seattle and Portland’s Buildings Fuels a $18.7BN Economic Engine, BOMA Study Finds
A new economic-impact study from BOMA International sizes the Pacific Northwest's building-operations economy, finding that metro Seattle and Portland together sustain more than...
Washington’s Labor Force Participation Sinks to Near 50-Year Low as Productivity Leads the Nation
Newly released federal labor data shows Washington's share of working-age residents holding or seeking work has slipped to 62.1 percent, among the lowest...
Oregon’s Labor Force Participation Holds Above the U.S. Average but Stays Far Below Its Peak
Federal labor data shows 62.4 percent of Oregonians were working or looking for work in July, a rate that edges out both the...
Mountlake Terrace’s FS Bancorp Closes $34.6MM Pacific West Deal, Adding Four Portland-Area Branches
Seattle-area FS Bancorp has closed its $34.6 million purchase of Portland's Pacific West Bancorp, a deal that hands 1st Security Bank of Washington...
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...
Seattle Cements No. 2 Tech Talent Rank as AI Hiring Reshapes the Pacific Northwest
Seattle held firm as North America's second-strongest tech talent market on the strength of double-digit workforce growth and one of the continent's densest...
Savills Completes $1.11B Eastdil Secured Acquisition, Bolstering Seattle Capital Markets Presence
Savills Plc has completed its roughly $1.11 billion acquisition of Eastdil Secured, uniting one of the world’s leading real estate advisors with a...
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...
Wells Fargo Sees Rates Higher for Longer as AI Data Centers Anchor Commercial Construction
Wells Fargo's latest U.S. outlook warns that stubborn inflation and a more hawkish Federal Reserve will keep borrowing costs elevated into 2027, sustaining...
Gensler’s City Pulse 2026 Flags Downtown Portland’s Vibrancy Gap as Authenticity Holds Firm
Downtown Portland holds onto a strong sense of authenticity in Gensler’s largest-ever global study of urban experience, but the city’s core ranks among...
Downtown Seattle Ranks Fourth-Stickiest in the U.S. in Gensler’s City Pulse 2026
Downtown Seattle ranked as the fourth-stickiest downtown in the United States in Gensler’s global study of urban experience, a top-tier showing that sets...
