Seattle
King County Buys 35,800 SQFT Martingale/Neptune Flex Building and Land in Woodinville for $8.9MM
The public acquisition pulls a 35,805-SQFT high-tech office and warehouse property, plus undeveloped land, off a Puget Sound industrial market still working through...
Norwegian Cruise Line Locks In Seattle Through 2035 in Lease Worth Up to $316MM
Port of Seattle commission’s amended agreement ties extension options to decarbonization milestones, signaling how environmental performance is reshaping cruise tenancy in the Pacific...
Commercial Brokers Association Taps Washington REALTORS Veteran Mary Hull-Drury as President and CEO
The Lynnwood-based commercial real estate cooperative hands its top job to a longtime Olympia lobbyist as the Pacific Northwest market navigates record office...
Seattle Social Housing Developer to Buy 150-Unit Elara at the Market in Seattle’s Belltown for $60MM
The first major acquisition by the voter-created public housing authority puts Prop 1A tax revenue to work in one of downtown Seattle’s tightest...
Quarterra Files Plans for 294-Unit Emblem Community on 17.3-Acre Bickford Site in Snohomish
TPG-recapitalized Quarterra targets one of the Puget Sound’s tightest submarkets with another addition to its attainable-housing brand. Charlotte-based Quarterra has filed a Site...
Spruce Street School Clears Permit Hurdle for 20,000 SQFT First Hill Campus Conversion
The 43-year-old private elementary school will trade its leased Denny Triangle home for an owned First Hill building, with classes targeted to begin...
Washington Construction Payrolls Stall as Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Sheds 2,200 Jobs
Statewide employment held flat at 214,600 in March even as the Puget Sound’s largest metro continued a year-long contraction, deepening regional concerns about...
JP Morgan Pulls Plug on $1.4B Core-Plus Real Estate Fund, Putting Seattle Office Towers Back in Spotlight
The 24-year-old US Real Estate Income and Growth vehicle leaves behind a Denny Triangle footprint that once anchored the West Coast’s biggest office...
Renton Bets $10MM on Downtown Reinvention as HEART Block Opens June 6 with World Cup in Sight
The city’s long-planned trifecta—Legacy Square, Piazza Park, and the Renton Market—debuts June 6, converting a former auto dealership and a vacant gravel lot...
Sound Transit Chair Floats Scaled-Back Ballard Link, Issaquah Delay To Close $34.5B Gap
Resolution R2026-11 would truncate the region’s highest-ridership light rail line at Seattle Center and push the South Kirkland-to-Issaquah extension to 2050 Sound Transit...
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...
Port of Seattle Unveils 31-Project Blueprint to Expand SEA for 56 Million Passengers by 2032
The Port’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement opens public comment on a sweeping near-term expansion anchored by a second terminal and 19 new gates....
