Articles
The new headquarters of the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation does not trumpet its own importance. And the low-slung buildings
that sweep giant...
Early this year, a significant milestone in the green-building movement will occur as the U.S. Green Building Council (GBC) goes live with “LEED 2009...
In 2009, Seattle welcomed Link Light Rail, approved an
Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement plan and celebrated decisions of PATH, Russell
Investments and...
Like lawyers, car salesmen and politicians, real estate
developers are favored scapegoats for society’s ills. But as the saying goes,
absence makes...
Sometimes, all it takes is a rotten banana. That’s what
Chris Martin saw strewn in the alley outside his Pioneer Square apartment that
finally made...
Each year, Ernst & Young selects and awards hardworking
and innovative business owners for its prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year
award. In the...
The many voices of business (back row, left to right): Dann
Mead Smith, president, Washington Policy Center; Don Brunell, president,
Association of...
Commercial office building owners and managers in the Puget Sound
region face a conundrum: Although everyone agrees that retrofitting a building
to...




