Washington
Bellevue Locks In 5,700-Unit Affordable Housing Target as Eastside Tech Boom Strains Market
The seven-year strategy more than doubles the city’s previous goal as record corporate leasing collides with rising rents and a regional construction slowdown....
Bellevue Commits Record $37MM to Deliver 271 Affordable Units in Largest Housing Round in City History
Four developers secured funding to advance income-restricted apartments and ownership homes across the Eastside, with two projects breaking ground this year. Bellevue is...
Amazon Opens 1.75-Acre “Meadow” at Stalled Bellevue 600 Tower 2 Site, Doubling Down on Eastside Footprint
Tech giant transforms paused construction parcel into a public park as Tower 1 build-out continues toward 2027 completion Amazon has converted the dormant...
Essex Signals Seattle Apartment Market Poised to Close the Gap with the Bay Area
The West Coast multifamily giant points to dwindling supply, fresh office expansions and improving April leasing data as evidence Seattle’s recovery is underway....
Tacoma’s Missing Middle Bet Pays Off: Permits Jump 39%, Units Surge 62% in First Year of Rezone
Home In Tacoma is producing density gains even as building permits across the broader Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue region fall 17.3 percent year-over-year — a divergence...
Pacific Urban Tests Eastside Multifamily Demand With Listing of 180-Unit Knoll Redmond
Palo Alto investor takes Microsoft-adjacent garden community to market three years after $71.3MM acquisition, betting on tech-driven Eastside fundamentals as regional sales volume...
Seattle Coworking Footprint Climbs to 3.41MM SQFT, Holds 13th Spot Nationally
The Emerald City added six new flexible workspace locations in Q1 2026, lifting average space size above the national benchmark as meeting room...
D.R. Horton Cuts Forecast as Affordability Bites Into Q2 Margins
America Builder’s $7.6 billion quarter showed disciplined execution, but Northwest closings tumbled 19 percent and gross margins compressed under the weight of elevated...
In-N-Out Opens Second Washington Restaurant in Vancouver, Targeting Portland Metro Demand
The Snyder family’s privately held burger chain plants its flag in Clark County eight months after debuting in Ridgefield, signaling a deliberate fill-in...
Hudson Pacific’s Seattle Portfolio Bets on Quality as Puget Sound Logs First Positive Absorption in Three Years
The REIT owns nine Seattle buildings anchored by a 667,724-SQFT Amazon lease, but half the Pioneer Square portfolio sits below 40 percent occupied...
Everett Community College Pushes Back $38MM Baker Hall Rebuild, Cuts 10,000 SQFT From Plans
A 1962-era academic building will still come down this summer, but rising costs have forced the college to shrink and delay its replacement....
Bellevue Readies Draft Policies for Factoria as Eastside Office Rents Climb and Mall Redevelopment Advances
The city’s Great Neighborhoods planning process enters the Refine phase with a May 7 open house, setting a 10- to 20-year blueprint for...
