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UCLA Flags Debt Risk Hanging Over the Pacific Northwest’s Data-Center Boom
A September 2026 UCLA Economic Letter warns that the debt financing the AI data-center surge, the same surge that has turned eastern Oregon...
Helion Energy Leases 15,000 SQFT at Seattle’s 8th & Olive as Headcount Hits 800
A fusion energy startup that has grown tenfold in four years is planting its first flag in downtown Seattle, adding office space in...
Washington Ends Data Center Equipment Tax Break as Hardware Nears 93% of Capex
Senate Bill 6231 stripped the sales tax exemption from data center equipment repair and replacement statewide on July 1, landing squarely on the...
PCP Plans 731 Units in Three Downtown Redmond Towers Near Light Rail
Cleveland-based PCP plans 731 apartments across three Redmond developments, starting with the 217-unit Rove near light rail.
Seattle Sits Out the National Office Occupancy Index Even as Puget Sound Landlords Chase the Same Answer
The most widely cited measure of the American return to office does not track Seattle, leaving Puget Sound owners and lenders to benchmark...
Microsoft Files Plans for 95,000 SQFT R&D Building on Redmond’s Union Hill Road
Microsoft has reportedly filed a pre-application permit for a new 95,000-square-foot engineering and research-and-development building on Union Hill Road in Redmond, adding a...
After Decades of Delay, 21-Acre High Street Collection Breaks Ground in Issaquah Following New Development Agreement
Construction has finally started on Issaquah Highlands' long-dormant High Street Collection, ending a saga that ran from an abandoned Microsoft campus through a...
Seattle Leads Nation in Pending Home-Sales Drop as Tech Layoffs Rattle Buyers
Seattle recorded the nation's steepest drop in pending home sales in July as tech-sector layoffs and a median price near $810,000 pushed cautious...
Microsoft Stretches Data Center, Office Building Depreciation to 25 Years, Reshaping $175B CapEx Plan
The software giant told analysts on its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings call that lengthening the accounting life of its global data centers and offices...
Seattle CBD Land Values Fall 47%, Bellevue Rises 1.72% in King County Revalue
King County’s 2026 commercial revalue stripped $3.12 billion from the county’s assessed commercial base, and a single appraisal area covering downtown Seattle and...
Anatomy of a Default: How a $229MM Bellevue Office Loan Went From 3.40x Coverage to Foreclosure
A single-tenant office loan that looked untouchable at origination has become one of the Puget Sound’s clearest tests of how far trophy values...
Schnitzer West Moves to Reacquire 750,000 SQFT Bravern Office Complex in Bellevue After Microsoft Exit and QSuper Default
Schnitzer West is buying back the two-tower Bravern Office Commons it built and sold more than a decade ago, stepping in to reposition...
