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Amazon Clears 3.3MM SQFT From South Sound as Vacancy Climbs Toward 10%

One tenant is propping up first-half absorption while the rest of the Puget Sound industrial market waits out a costly, oversupplied cycle. Amazon...

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Realty Income Buys 453,000 SQFT, Three-Parcel Warehouse Portfolio in Kent for $98MM

The net-lease REIT doubles down on the Puget Sound's core distribution hub even as regional industrial vacancy climbs to a multi-year high. A...

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Washington Construction Payrolls Stall as Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Sheds 2,200 Jobs

Statewide employment held flat at 214,600 in March even as the Puget Sound's largest metro continued a year-long contraction, deepening regional concerns about...

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Brokers Bet Seattle Apartments Are Next as San Francisco Rents Surge and Tech Returns

A May 2026 market recap argues the Bay Area's rent explosion and fresh tech leasing from Apple and Anthropic foreshadow a turn for...

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64-Unit Silverwood Park in Des Moines Trades for $10MM, Headed for Affordable Housing

A transit-adjacent apartment community near the Kent Des Moines light rail station has changed hands in a deal structured to preserve it as...

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Seattle’s Deepest Housing Need Is Also Its Hardest to Build, Says Community Roots CEO

As King County's 2026 income limits inch upward, the gap between minimum-wage earners and the units they can afford keeps widening. The math...

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Puget Sound Industrial Market Deepens Its Recalibration as Vacancy Pushes Toward 10%

Negative absorption widened and construction slowed sharply in the first quarter, handing tenants the upper hand across one of the West Coast's largest...

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Maersk to Shutter 205,000 SQFT Lakewood Warehouse as Puget Sound Industrial Vacancy Hits Record High

The Danish shipping giant will lay off 44 workers on June 30, joining a wave of logistics retrenchment across a Pacific Northwest market...

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Spokane Indian Housing Authority Acquires 200-Unit Waterford Apartments in Everett for $53.3MM

The Wellpinit-based tribal housing entity acquired its fourth western Washington apartment complex in under a year, bringing its total deployment to approximately $285...

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Puget Sound Industrial Vacancy Climbs to 9.71% as Market Enters Period of Controlled Digestion

Cap rates rise, sales volumes contract, and tenants secure flexible deal structures as 7.39MM SQFT of new supply works through the system. The...

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Pacific Northwest Industrial Pipeline Contracts to 4.79MM SQFT as Developers Pull Back

Construction starts have slowed sharply across the I-5 Corridor, but a heavy slate of Q2 and Q3 2026 deliveries will keep pressure on...

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$13.5MM Permanent Refinance Secured for 95-Room Hampton Inn & Suites in Kent

Hampton Inn & Suites Kent Location Retires Maturing Loan Following Strategic Performance Improvement Program; Bank Loan Offers Attractive Fixed Rate and Maximum Proceeds...

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