Retail
Seattle Economic Development Chief Signals Retreat From JumpStart Tax Expansion as Downtown Vacancy Tops 30%
Seattle’s new economic development director, Beto Yarce, says the city is exploring revenue options other than expanding its JumpStart payroll tax, even as...
Jet’s Pizza Hunts 1,400-1,800 SQFT Retail Sites Across 11 Washington Markets in Puget Sound Push
Detroit-style chain Jet’s Pizza is scouting inline and end-cap retail space in roughly a dozen Washington submarkets, deploying a compact off-premise format that...
Bellevue Drafts Plans to Convert Eastgate and Factoria’s Aging Office and Retail Cores into Walkable Mixed-Use Districts
Bellevue has published draft neighborhood area plans for Eastgate and Factoria that would steer two of the Eastside’s most car-dependent commercial submarkets toward...
Port of Subs Targets Washington Growth, Hunting 1,500-to-2,500-SQFT Retail Sites Across Puget Sound
Port of Subs, the 54-year-old Reno-born sandwich chain now backed by private equity and chasing a national footprint, has put Washington squarely in...
Port of Seattle Opens $399MM, 145,000 SQFT C Concourse Expansion at SEA Airport, Built Up Rather Than Out
Facing one of the most space-constrained footprints of any major U.S. airport, the Port of Seattle has opened a vertical, four-story C Concourse...
Infill Retail and Grocery Owners Land EV Fast-Charging Leases the Big REITs Can’t Reach
A surge of letters of intent for DC fast charging is flowing to single-property and small-portfolio retail and grocery owners in high-adoption markets,...
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...
Madison Development Group Lands $60.8MM Fannie Mae Refi on 216-Unit Spruce in West Seattle
Issaquah-based Madison Development Group has secured $60.8 million in Fannie Mae refinancing for Spruce, the 216-unit West Seattle apartment and retail complex it...
Suncadia Bets $18MM on Retail Village to Turn Cle Elum Resort Into a Year-Round Town
Suncadia will open the first four tenants of its $18 million Suncadia Social retail village on June 19, capping a town-center vision that...
Primrose School Targets 16,700-SQFT Former Rite Aid at Shoreline’s Ballinger Village for 220-Child Preschool Conversion
A national preschool franchise backed by private equity firm Roark Capital Group has filed plans with the City of Shoreline to transform a...
Dick’s Drive-In Lands on Tulalip Reservation for 11th Restaurant
The Seattle burger institution partners with the Tulalip Tribes for its northernmost location yet, planting its walk-up format across from Quil Ceda Creek...
Lone Star Funds Wins Bid for Washington Holdings’ Assets in Portfolio Deal, Outbidding Brookfield and Hines
Dallas-based opportunistic investor clinches the Seattle platform’s entire real estate book in one of the largest captive-pension dispositions in recent memory. Lone Star...
