Seattle
Seattle Construction Costs Rising at One-Third the National Rate in Q1 2026
Mortenson’s Q1 2026 Cost Index reveals a market where contractor competition is doing what supply chains alone cannot — keeping a lid on...
Colossus Data Center Advisors Files Plans for 45,600 SQFT Facility at Seattle’s Starbucks Center
A small advisory firm has filed plans to convert former retail space inside Seattle’s Starbucks Center into a data center — a proposal...
Seattle’s Nitze-Stagen Abandons New Office Bets, Doubles Down on Multifamily as Downtown Vacancy Hits 35.1%
Nitze-Stagen & Co., the contrarian Seattle developer that built its name buying office property no one else wanted, has stopped chasing new office...
Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation Sells Roosevelt Commons Office Complex in Seattle’s U-District for $27MM, 83% Discount to 2019 Value
A Seattle-area private buyer has acquired the full Roosevelt Commons office complex in the University District for $27 million — paying approximately $118...
Downtown Seattle Association Report Blames JumpStart Payroll Tax for Downtown’s Decline as Backers Defend $388MM Revenue Engine
A new Downtown Seattle Association report argues that Seattle’s five-year-old JumpStart payroll tax has helped push jobs, employers and office value across Lake...
Sound Transit Defers Ballard Light Rail Indefinitely as $35 Billion Shortfall Reshapes ST3 Buildout
Sound Transit’s board has adopted a sweeping realignment of its voter-approved 2016 expansion plan, protecting the Everett-to-Tacoma spine while indefinitely deferring the Ballard...
Seattle Light Rail Tops U.S. Ridership in April as East Link Opening Reshapes Eastside Development Map
Sound Transit’s light rail network carried more riders in April than any other light rail system in the country, a record run that...
Lennar Trims Buyer Incentives for First Time in Three Years as Tech Job Jitters, Data Center Boom Reshape Northwest Housing Math
Lennar’s second-quarter results showed sales incentives falling for the first time in three years, a tentative sign of margin recovery that arrives as...
Timberlane Partners Files Permits for 133-Unit, Seven-Story Apartment Project on Fremont’s Stone Way Corridor
Timberlane Partners has moved its long-planned Fremont redevelopment off the drawing board, filing demolition and construction permits to clear three century-old rental buildings...
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...
Theater Designer Converts 8,510 SQFT Wallingford Industrial Building into ExoArts Black Box Venue in Seattle
A Seattle theatrical designer has acquired a nearly 60-year-old industrial building in Wallingford and tapped one of the region’s premier cultural-space architects to...
Synergy Breaks Ground on 37-Room Candlewood Suites at Seattle’s Swedish Cherry Hill After 13-Year Wait
A long-vacant sliver of land tucked inside a hospital parking garage on Seattle’s First Hill is finally moving after more than a decade...
