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OpenAI, Uber Anchor 3.4MM SQFT Leasing Surge as Puget Sound Office Market Turns Corner in 2026
A wave of long-term commitments from artificial intelligence, software and professional-services tenants pushed Puget Sound office leasing up 62 percent in the first...
Trase Hunts for 100-Person Seattle-Area Office After $107MM Seed Round as AI Leasing Surges
Trase, a McLean, Virginia-based artificial intelligence startup with half its team already in the Puget Sound region, is searching for a Seattle-area office...
Arnold & Porter More Than Doubles Seattle Footprint with 39,000 SQFT Lease At One Union Square
Less than a year after opening its first Pacific Northwest office at U.S. Bank Center, Arnold & Porter has leased the top two...
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...
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...
Anduril Industries Expands Across Three More Floors at Downtown Seattle’s 2+U Tower
Permit filings show defense technology company Anduril Industries building out three additional floors at downtown Seattle’s 38-story 2+U tower, a vote of confidence...
Seattle Ranks as Nation’s No. 3 AI Metro in Hubble Study as Tech Tenants Anchor Puget Sound Office Recovery
Hubble’s new ranking of the most AI-ready U.S. metros names Seattle the country’s third-strongest AI hub and the highest-scoring market outside the Bay...
Seattle’s Nitze-Stagen Abandons New Office Bets, Doubles Down on Multifamily as Downtown Vacancy Hits 35.1%
Nitze-Stagen & Co., the contrarian Seattle developer that built its name buying office property no one else wanted, has stopped chasing new office...
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...
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...
Seattle Cracks Top Five U.S. Downtowns for Stickiness as Portland Lags on Vibrancy, Gensler Finds
Seattle landed among the five most magnetic downtowns in the United States in Gensler’s latest global study of urban experience, even as neighboring...
Docusign Leases 115,000 SQFT at Seattle’s JPMorganChase Center, Abandoning Namesake 999 Third Tower
Docusign will trade its namesake downtown Seattle skyscraper for a tower several blocks away, signing a 115,000-square-foot lease at JPMorganChase Center and dealing...
