In the news, almost every day is the announcement of “Another Big Deal”. This weekend saw the announcement of the expansion of the Costco Headquarters in Issaquah by 1.2Read more
Along with the growth of commercial real estate in general, the Seattle commercial real estate market has developed two other clean industries of note. The first, interestingly enough, isRead more
FANG is the new driving force in Bellevue real estate, so what is FANG? It is an acronym for Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google who are devouring largeRead more
$968,000,000, or just under $1 billion. Quite a sum of money, but that is only the projected cost of the new International Arrivals Facility at SeaTac Airport. Forget theRead more
“Affordable” housing is a relative term. With the rapid increase in the costs of single-family housing in Seattle, alternative living spaces such as condominiums and high end multi-family housingRead more
A measure used by the commercial real estate business of the health of the economy is to monitor retail sales. The State of Washington reports quarterly taxable retail sales.Read more
The Greater Seattle economy is closely tied to world trade. Any native from this area who goes back historically clearly remembers the cycles of boom and bust tied toRead more
As the professionals of Seattle Commercial Real Estate LLC started predicting a couple of years ago, mixed use rents have stabilized, fallen slightly and vacancies in our market areRead more
In a recent article, the Puget Sound Business Journal devoted an entire section to corporate citizenship. The theme devolved around “corporate social responsibility,” which incorporates environmental issues, donations ofRead more
The City of Seattle Head Tax is intended to help solve the homeless problem. In previous articles we discussed the impact of governmental attempts to solve this issue, andRead more