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Seattle Businesses Grade City’s Business Climate 39 Out of 100 as Downtown Data Show a Rebound
A new survey of 247 Seattle employers by the Seattle Metro Chamber and the Downtown Seattle Association delivers a harsh verdict on taxes,...
Downtown Seattle Hotels Hit 108% of 2019 Demand as Office Foot Traffic Stalls at 62%
The Downtown Seattle Association's latest monthly dashboard shows September hotel demand and visitor counts running ahead of 2019 levels while weekday office attendance...
Mayor Wilson Puts Kidder Mathews, Amazon and Port of Seattle on Task Force as Downtown Office Vacancy Hovers Near 35%
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has named 18 business, labor and civic leaders, from Kidder Mathews Chairman Bill Frame to Port of Seattle President...
Downtown Seattle Draws Nearly 3.8MM Visitors in August, Topping 2019 as Office Return Holds at 62%
Nearly 3.8 million unique visitors and 9.2 million total visits flowed into downtown Seattle in August, pushing tourism, hotel demand and residential occupancy...
Downtown Seattle Sets Recovery Records as Office Vacancy Climbs Near 35%
The Downtown Seattle Association's July data shows apartment occupancy, hotel demand and transit ridership all beating or matching pre-pandemic benchmarks, even as office...
Downtown Seattle Draws 3.7MM Visitors in July as Worker Return Stalls at 64%
Downtown Seattle's summer visitor boom pushed foot traffic to 112 percent of pre-pandemic levels in July, yet the daytime office workforce remained stuck...
World Cup Drives More Than 3MM Visitors to Downtown Seattle Across Six Match Days, Lifting Transit and Hotel Demand
Downtown Seattle absorbed a surge of more than 3 million visitors during the six 2026 FIFA World Cup matches it hosted, a 17...
Seattle’s World Cup Payday Ran on Room Rates, Not Crowds, as the Retail Boom Stopped at a Few Blocks
Seattle's month as a FIFA World Cup host generated record hotel revenue and record downtown foot traffic, but the underlying data shows a...
$23.6MM DoubleTree Suites Loan Near Seattle Airport Lands in Special Servicing as CMBS Maturity Wall Crashes Hotels
The 219-suite DoubleTree Suites Seattle Airport-Southcenter was transferred to special servicing on May 26, the latest 2016-vintage hotel mortgage to fail a refinancing...
Visitors Flood Back to Downtown Seattle as Office Workforce Keeps Shrinking, April Figures Show
April data shows downtown topping pre-pandemic visitor and tourism levels even as worker foot traffic slides to 60 percent of 2019, exposing a...
Seattle Hoteliers Stare Down Potential ‘Non-Event’ World Cup as 80 Percent Track Below Plan
Visa barriers, FIFA room block releases, and last-minute cost hikes are pulling Seattle into the most underperforming tier of the 11 U.S. host...
Downtown Seattle Hits 109,845 Residents and 317,000 Jobs as Urban Core Recovery Accelerates
The Downtown Seattle Association's 2026 Economic Report and State of Downtown event show foot traffic, visitor counts, and public safety metrics improving across...
