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Chicko Chicken to Open 1,659 SQFT Location at Terrace Village Shopping Center in Mountlake Terrace

Seattle, Wash. (April 29, 2026) – Chicko Chicken, a quick-service franchise specializing in authentic Korean-style fried chicken, has leased 1,659 square feet at...

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Amazon Opens 1.75-Acre “Meadow” at Stalled Bellevue 600 Tower 2 Site, Doubling Down on Eastside Footprint

Tech giant transforms paused construction parcel into a public park as Tower 1 build-out continues toward 2027 completion Amazon has converted the dormant...

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Equity Residential Bets on Bellevue-Redmond as Seattle Apartment Market Trails San Francisco’s AI Recovery

The REIT's 8,051-unit Seattle portfolio underperformed in Q1 2026, but executives see Eastside office momentum and migration patterns positioning the metro for a...

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Seattle Holds Steady for BXP as Downtown Vacancy Climbs to 36.5%

The largest premier workplace REIT keeps its two-asset Seattle CBD portfolio at 80.7 percent occupied even as the broader downtown market posts the...

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Seattle’s Expense Discipline Pays Off: Essex Cuts Operating Costs 3.4% and Drives 4.9% NOI Growth

The Pacific Northwest delivered Essex Property Trust's largest expense reduction of any region in Q1 2026, leveraging modest 2.3 percent revenue growth into...

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LIHI Plans 32-Unit Belmont Tiny House Village on Seattle’s Capitol Hill

The $1.1 million emergency shelter will occupy a cleared lot on Belmont Avenue while the Downtown Emergency Service Center advances plans for a...

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Pacific Urban Tests Eastside Multifamily Demand With Listing of 180-Unit Knoll Redmond

Palo Alto investor takes Microsoft-adjacent garden community to market three years after $71.3MM acquisition, betting on tech-driven Eastside fundamentals as regional sales volume...

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Kilroy’s Seattle Portfolio Holds Steady at 79.3% Occupancy as REIT Posts Best Q1 Leasing Since 2017

Puget Sound holdings outperform the broader Seattle office market as Eastside and AI-driven leasing activity reshapes the region; Kilroy lifts 2026 FFO guidance...

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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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Pacific Forest Products Lands 85,000 SQFT Lease at Fortress-Owned 2005 Fryar Avenue in Sumner

The South Valley deal lands as Pierce County industrial vacancy climbs to 12.2 percent and landlords compete harder for occupancy. A wholesale forest...

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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...

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