commercial real estate
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...
Wells Fargo: Fed Poised for Extended Hold as Warsh Era Opens Amid Sticky Inflation
Wells Fargo economists expect the Federal Reserve to sit on the sidelines for an extended period as new Chair Kevin Warsh takes the...
Lee & Associates Pacific Northwest Taps Developer Scott Hutchinson as President, Bowles Moves to Executive Managing Director
Lee & Associates Pacific Northwest has installed developer and operator Scott Hutchinson as its new president, handing day-to-day command of its Washington brokerage...
Cresa Portland Adds BC Group in Push to Build One-Stop Advisory Platform
The merger folds the 22-year-old development and construction management firm into Cresa’s Portland office, extending an acquisition streak aimed at occupier clients across...
Bridge Debt Moves From Stopgap to Primary Structure as $875B in CRE Loans Mature
With permanent lenders selective and $875 billion in commercial mortgages coming due, sponsors are routing transitional deals to debt funds offering speed, flexibility...
