Lumen Field
Gensler Brands Seattle’s 4.25-Mile Unity Loop to Steer World Cup Crowds Into Neighborhood Storefronts
As Seattle prepares to host six FIFA World Cup matches at Lumen Field beginning June 15, Gensler Seattle has delivered the visual identity...
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...
Eight-Story “The Hostess” Banner Lands on 9th & Thomas in Seattle’s South Lake Union Ahead of World Cup
The 36-by-111-foot work by Seattle artist Ernesto Ybarra marks the fifth large-scale banner installed on the Olson Kundig-designed building’s east façade since the...
$23.6MM DoubleTree Suites Loan Near Seattle Airport Lands in Special Servicing as CMBS Maturity Wall Crashes Hotels
The 219-suite DoubleTree Suites Seattle Airport-Southcenter was transferred to special servicing on May 26, the latest 2016-vintage hotel mortgage to fail a refinancing...
Live Nation Plants Flag in Seattle’s Sodo With 5,500-Capacity Concert Hall
The concert promoter’s first Seattle-proper venue lands across from T-Mobile Park, targeting the underserved gap between theaters and arenas with a 2029 opening....
Seattle Hoteliers Stare Down Potential ‘Non-Event’ World Cup as 80 Percent Track Below Plan
Visa barriers, FIFA room block releases, and last-minute cost hikes are pulling Seattle into the most underperforming tier of the 11 U.S. host...
Park Hotels & Resorts Sells 396-Room Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center for $18MM
The full-service hotel, one of the largest conference-equipped properties near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, traded at roughly $45,500 per key just weeks before Seattle...
Pacific Northwest Hotels Brace for a Second Year of Softening as Canadian Travelers Stay Home
Seattle draws short-term relief from FIFA World Cup matches while Portland’s recovery slows, and both markets bank on rapidly shrinking construction pipelines to...
Renton’s $9.7MM Adaptive Reuse of Former Auto Dealership Into Year-Round Indoor Public Market Eyes June Opening
The city-owned project at 233 Burnett Ave. S. will house 12 market stalls, two anchor food-and-beverage tenants and a community kitchen classroom inside...
Seattle Hotel Market Eyes Recovery as FIFA World Cup Matches and Shrinking Construction Pipeline Signal Turning Point
Marcus & Millichap’s 2026 outlook forecasts modest occupancy and ADR gains for Seattle-Tacoma, though declining Canadian travel and a slow post-pandemic recovery temper...
Downtown Seattle Hits 109,845 Residents and 317,000 Jobs as Urban Core Recovery Accelerates
The Downtown Seattle Association’s 2026 Economic Report and State of Downtown event show foot traffic, visitor counts, and public safety metrics improving across...
Puget Sound Region Secures $8.4MM in Federal Transit Funding for FIFA World Cup 2026 at Lumen Field
Sound Transit, King County Metro, and Washington State Ferries to coordinate multimodal strategy as Seattle prepares to welcome an estimated 750,000 visitors this...
