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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...
Washington Leads Nation in Q1 GDP Growth at 4.5% on Tech Strength
Washington’s economy expanded at a 4.5 percent annualized rate in the first quarter of 2026 — the fastest of any state — as...
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...
Construction Continues on Carmel Partners’ 573-Unit Overlake Village Mixed-Use Development in Redmond
A major transit-oriented apartment project is cresting the roofline in Redmond’s Overlake neighborhood, reaching its structural topping milestone at a moment when two...
CoreWeave Incerases Downtown Bellevue Footprint to 36,000 SQFT, Extending the Eastside’s AI Boom
The Nvidia-backed cloud company expands at One Bellevue Center barely a year after planting its first Pacific Northwest flag, joining a wave of...
Puget Sound Office Market Notches First Positive Absorption in Four Years, Even as Layoffs Mount
Vacancy and availability declined simultaneously for the first time in the recovery cycle, but surging tech-sector cuts and a weakening labor market threaten...
Pacific Northwest Office Vacancy Eases to 16.79% as Tech Tenants Drive Q1 2026 Leasing Surge
OpenAI, Uber, Meta and General Motors anchored a quarter of large deals across Seattle and Bellevue as conversions thin the obsolete stock Leasing...
Kucha and Felton Launch Felton Stern Capital Partners to Buy Suburban Office at Cycle Lows
The new Lake Oswego-based private equity platform debuts with a three-building seed portfolio and a mandate to acquire institutional-quality office and flex assets...
Portland Business Coalition Bets on High-Speed Rail to Reset Oregon’s Economic Trajectory
Mayor Keith Wilson, the Portland Metro Chamber and major institutional players are pressing Gov. Tina Kotek’s Prosperity Council to make Cascadia rail a...
UK Hyperscaler Nscale Leases 24,000 SQFT at The Eight in Bellevue, Plans Hundreds of Hires
Fresh off a $2 billion Series C round, the Nvidia-aligned data center startup will plant its U.S. engineering flag in downtown Bellevue, joining...
Invesco Lists 99-Unit Saffron Mixed-Use Asset in Sammamish at $54.3MM Appraised Value
JLL and Newmark are marketing the value-add multifamily and 47,304-SQFT retail center in one of the Eastside’s most supply-constrained submarkets. Invesco Real Estate...
Hudson Pacific CEO Outs REI Among Brand-Name Tenants Circling Seattle Office Market
An offhand name-drop on the REIT’s first quarter earnings call confirmed the outdoor co-op is hunting for new Puget Sound space, fueling speculation...
