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Seattle Chamber Music Society to Build 271-Seat Concert Hall Inside U.S. Bank Center
A 44-story downtown Seattle office tower that has spent the past several years fighting record-high vacancy is about to gain an unlikely new...
JPMorgan Chase Expands to 128,000 SQFT at JPMorganChase Center to Anchor New AI Team in Downtown Seattle
The nation’s largest bank is enlarging its lease inside the 42-story tower it stamped with its own name in January, clearing five floors...
Bellevue Anchors Puget Sound Office Rebound as Regional Vacancy Climbs to 23.4% in Q2 2026
A widening split defined the Puget Sound office market in the second quarter of 2026, with Bellevue’s AI-fueled leasing surge and a thinning...
Seattle Shelves 80% MHA Fee Cut as Builders Say 30 Stalled Projects and 6,000 Homes Hang in the Balance
A nonprofit coalition’s abrupt reversal killed the summer timeline for Seattle’s proposed two-year Mandatory Housing Affordability fee reduction, stranding a compromise that market-rate...
Three-Parcel Belltown Development Site Hits the Market in Seattle With Zoning for a 400-Foot, 353-Unit Tower
A 0.45-acre assemblage of three parcels on Fifth Avenue in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood has been listed for sale with entitlement studies supporting everything...
Ferguson’s 26-Member Economic Council Carries a Permitting Mandate as Downtown Seattle Vacancy Hits 36.5%
Gov. Bob Ferguson’s newly created Governor’s Economic Development Council arrives with an explicit charge to dismantle regulatory barriers to growth, seating six members...
CW Capital Lists 410,000 SQFT Fourth & Blanchard Tower in Seattle’s Belltown, Targeting Roughly $29MM
CW Capital has put Fourth & Blanchard, the 25-story Belltown tower it seized from Martin Selig Real Estate in a courthouse auction last...
Qumulo Renews 43,000 SQFT at Seattle’s 1501 Fourth Avenue as the CBD Turns Positive for the First Time Since 2020
Data storage company Qumulo has renewed 43,000 square feet at 1501 Fourth Avenue in downtown Seattle, one of eight key office lease transactions...
Stripe Doubles Down on Downtown Seattle with 44,500 SQFT Expansion at Madison Centre
Payment-processing giant Stripe has expanded its downtown Seattle presence at Madison Centre with an additional 44,508 square feet, roughly doubling a footprint it...
Seattle Office Availability Eases to 32.1% in Q2 2026 as Big Tech and AI Leases Anchor Downtown
Seattle’s battered office market posted its first meaningful improvement in availability in several quarters, as a burst of large technology and professional-services leases...
Vanbarton Puts Full-Block Belltown Garage at 2600 Elliott in Seattle on the Market as HOP Upzone Opens Door to 245-Foot Tower
Vanbarton Group has listed the full-block parking garage it owns at 2600 Elliott Ave. in Belltown, betting that a newly approved Seattle height...
Seattle’s World Cup Payday Ran on Room Rates, Not Crowds, as the Retail Boom Stopped at a Few Blocks
Seattle’s month as a FIFA World Cup host generated record hotel revenue and record downtown foot traffic, but the underlying data shows a...
