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Earlytrade Raises $25MM to Deploy Agentic AI Across the Construction Payments Ecosystem
S3 Ventures & Brick & Mortar Ventures lead Series A as Earlytrade posts 7X US revenue growth; Scott Wolfe, founder of Levelset, joins...
Class A+ Office Occupancy Nears 2025 Peak as Kastle Barometer Climbs to 78.6 Percent
Trophy buildings push toward full reoccupation while the broader Kastle index logs its strongest peak day since early March, signaling a widening gap...
Prime-Age Labor Force Participation Hits 83.8%, Undercutting Work From Home Job-Loss Narrative
Stanford economist Nick Bloom points to rising prime-age workforce participation and Fortune 500 hybrid adoption as evidence that remote work expands rather than...
Sana’a Cafe Lands in Tacoma as Yemeni Coffee Chains Take Aim at Starbucks’ Home Turf
The Hayward, Calif.-based chain’s South Tacoma store is its only Pacific Northwest outpost — for now. With Haraz lining up Capitol Hill, Qamaria...
Newmark Folds Oregon Capital Markets Team Into Bay Area Platform to Channel California Investor Flow
The realignment positions James Childress and Kellen Kollmorgen alongside Steven Golubchik as Portland courts Bay Area institutional buyers chasing yield in secondary markets....
Brokers Bet Seattle Apartments Are Next as San Francisco Rents Surge and Tech Returns
A May 2026 market recap argues the Bay Area’s rent explosion and fresh tech leasing from Apple and Anthropic foreshadow a turn for...
Seattle Lands Among Top Five Global AI Office Markets Despite Rising Vacancy
Tech tenants leased increasing volumes of Seattle office space in 2025 as AI demand pushed the metro into the top tier of global...
Anthropic in Negotiations for 120,000 SQFT Lease at Dexter Yard as AI Startup Doubles Down on Seattle
The Claude maker already holds a 70,000-square-foot short-term lease in the development’s south tower and is now eyeing the north tower for a...
Article Secures 8,200 SQFT Lincoln Square Showroom in Bellevue Collection Debut
The Vancouver-based online furniture brand picks Kemper Development Company’s flagship mixed-use complex for one of its first two U.S. stores. Article, the Vancouver-based...
Blackstone Mortgage Trust Covers Dividend Third Straight Quarter as Platform Pivots Toward Data Centers and Net Lease
The $19.7 billion CRE lender posted a GAAP net loss but distributable earnings cleared the dividend hurdle, signaling that a portfolio reset built...
Apartment Titans AvalonBay and Equity Residential Eye $50B Merger That Could Redraw US Rental Map
The two largest US apartment REITs are in early-stage talks on a combination that would create a roughly 200,000-unit landlord and reignite REIT...
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...
