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Downtown Seattle Sets Recovery Records as Office Vacancy Climbs Near 35%
The Downtown Seattle Association’s July data shows apartment occupancy, hotel demand and transit ridership all beating or matching pre-pandemic benchmarks, even as office...
Downtown Seattle Draws 3.7MM Visitors in July as Worker Return Stalls at 64%
Downtown Seattle's summer visitor boom pushed foot traffic to 112 percent of pre-pandemic levels in July, yet the daytime office workforce remained stuck...
World Cup Drives More Than 3MM Visitors to Downtown Seattle Across Six Match Days, Lifting Transit and Hotel Demand
Downtown Seattle absorbed a surge of more than 3 million visitors during the six 2026 FIFA World Cup matches it hosted, a 17...
85,000 SQFT Portland-Area Gresham Square Retail Center Anchored by Wunderland Hits Market With Break-Up Option
An anchored shopping center in Gresham carrying a blue-chip tenant roster and one of the highest foot traffic rankings in the nation comes...
Visitors Flood Back to Downtown Seattle as Office Workforce Keeps Shrinking, April Figures Show
April data shows downtown topping pre-pandemic visitor and tourism levels even as worker foot traffic slides to 60 percent of 2019, exposing a...
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...
Macerich Doubles Down on West Coast Trophy Malls While Shedding Underperformers
The Santa Monica REIT’s Q1 2026 results reveal a portfolio strategy splitting Pacific Coast assets into two clear camps: properties worth fighting for...
Spring Break Rebound Pushes U.S. Office Occupancy Past 54%, but a Stark Regional Divide Persists
The latest Kastle Systems data reveals accelerating return-to-office momentum nationally, with Texas metros nearing pre-pandemic attendance and Class A+ buildings approaching full capacity—while...
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...
Trader Joe’s-Anchored 360,040 SQFT South Sound Center in Lacey Hits Market on Best-Offer Basis
The regionally dominant retail hub draws approximately 5 million annual visits, with Target shadow-anchoring and significant leasing and redevelopment upside across its 30.84-acre...
Seattle’s U District Posts 37.4 Million Annual Visits as Housing, Transit, and Small Business Investment Accelerate
A new economic report from the U District Partnership documents record foot traffic, a 47 percent population surge since 2010, a 27 percent...
Lack of Middle Class Housing Drives West Coast Exodus As California, Oregon, and Washington Face Historic Migration Reversal
After decades of drawing Americans westward, the Pacific Coast states are experiencing a dramatic demographic shift that could reshape regional economies and political...
