Tacoma
Puget Sound Office Market Notches First Positive Absorption in Four Years, Even as Layoffs Mount
Vacancy and availability declined simultaneously for the first time in the recovery cycle, but surging tech-sector cuts and a weakening labor market threaten...
Sound Transit Board Greenlights $34.5B ST3 Reset, Leaving Ballard Link in Limbo
A 16-2 vote prioritizes West Seattle and resurrects the Graham Street station, but the long-promised extension to Market Street remains unfunded as the...
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...
Reality Sports Foundation Acquires Former Sound Christian Academy Campus in Tacoma for $6.4MM
Tacoma, Wash. (May 27, 2026) – Reality Sports Foundation, a nonprofit athletic organization, has acquired the former Sound Christian Academy campus at 2052...
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...
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...
Crunch Fitness Clinches 42,000 SQFT Tacoma Lease at Tahoma Vista
The fitness chain backfills a vacated big-box space at the Rhino Investments-owned center, extending its expansion across Washington. Crunch Fitness has secured a...
Seattle-Tacoma Industrial Vacancy Heads to Record 10.4% as Import Slowdown Tests the Gateway
A fading construction pipeline offers little near-term relief as softer port traffic and tenant consolidations push the region into the bottom tier of...
Port of Tacoma, Puyallup Tribe Greenlight Blair Waterway Cutback to Make Room for Bigger Ships and a New Terminal
Commissioners approved the implementation agreement that widens the waterway to 850 feet and clears the path for the tribally owned Puyallup Tribal Terminal,...
Washington Retail Cap Rates Climb for Fifth Time in Six Quarters as Vacancy Holds Above 4%
Lee & Associates Q1 2026 data shows a Pacific Northwest retail market under pressure, with sale pricing down and landlords beginning to soften...
Insite Property Group Buys 81,000 SQFT University Place Self-Storage Asset for $13.7MM
A Southern California buyer has expanded into the Puget Sound self-storage market with the acquisition of a long-established facility in University Place, just...
Horizon Partners Northwest Announces Renovation of Willamette Building Adding 18 New Makerspace Units in Tacoma
Tacoma, WA (May 11, 2026) – Horizon Partners Northwest, Inc is proud to announce the completion of a major renovation at the historic...
