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Portland City Council Explores Vacancy Fee on Landlords as Downtown Struggles With Record-High Empty Space
Councilors have commissioned a $62,520 study to explore how a long-term vacancy fee might be structured The Portland City Council is exploring whether...
AI Workforce Disruption Poses Existential Risk to Office Space Demand in Knowledge Economy
Research reveals theoretical replacement capacity far exceeds current adoption, but future commercial real estate contraction looms if automation accelerates Anthropic’s latest research mapping...
Abandoned 148-Unit Burnside Project Underscores Portland’s Worst Construction Drought in 15 Years
A developer’s decision to walk away from a five-story apartment complex on East Burnside Street reflects the financial headwinds stalling residential development citywide,...
Portland City Council Unanimously Approves Zoning Map Changes on 19 Nonprofit-Owned Sites to Accelerate Affordable Housing
The Affordable Housing Opportunities Project removes zoning barriers on properties owned by public agencies and nonprofit housing providers, arriving amid a sharp decline...
Sculptor Capital Acquires 506-Room Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront for $30MM in Distressed Sale
The landmark waterfront hotel at 1401 S.W. Naito Parkway traded at approximately $59,300 per room — a 64 percent discount from its $82.7...
Sound Commercial Investment Holdings Acquires PNRI’s 45,000-SQFT First Hill Lab Facility at 720 Broadway in Seattle for $6.5MM
Nonprofit biomedical research institute sells longtime headquarters at a steep discount to assessed value, plans to lease back the building to preserve research...
147-Unit Mountain Glen Townhome Community in Bend Trades for $25.5MM
The Q4 2025 transaction values the east Bend apartment community at approximately $173,469 per unit as investor interest in Oregon’s secondary markets continues...
Seattle’s U District Posts 37.4 Million Annual Visits as Housing, Transit, and Small Business Investment Accelerate
A new economic report from the U District Partnership documents record foot traffic, a 47 percent population surge since 2010, a 27 percent...
204-Unit Willamette Park Apartments in West Salem Trades for $46.3MM in Q4 2025
The transaction values the 2007-vintage community at approximately $226,961 per unit, marking one of the largest multifamily sales in Salem’s history. Willamette Park,...
Portland Multifamily Market Closes 2025 With Shrinking Pipeline, Improving Vacancy, and $1.76 Billion in Transactions
HFO’s Q4 Marketwatch report finds construction starts at decade-low levels, absorption outpacing deliveries, and institutional buyers re-engaging as the metro positions for a...
Kitsap County Apartment Vacancy Plunges 270 Basis Points as the Puget Sound’s Smallest Market Posts Sharpest Fundamental Improvement
A new Kidder Mathews report finds vacancy fell from 10.9 percent to 8.2 percent during 2025 — the largest decline of any submarket...
Pierce County Apartment Sales Reach $445MM in 2025 as Income-Focused Investors Target the South Sound’s Higher Yields
A new Kidder Mathews report finds 43 buildings traded at 6.0 percent average cap rates while the Tacoma-anchored market posted 2 percent rent...
