Commercial Real Estate
Seattles Suburban Office-Leasing Market Contracts Slightly in Q2
The quarterly results, however, are skewed by one project as the longer-term prospects remain robust
The Seattle suburban office market recorded an uptick in the overall vacancy rate as well as rent in the second quarter, driven primarily by the completion of the Southport office campus in Renton, which came online fully vacant and with high rent, according to the latest market assessment by Cushman & Wakefield. Overall in the…
Seattle Tops the Charts in Q2 Among the Nations Leading Office Markets
The city led the way in space absorbed, driven by robust tech-firm leasing activity
Seattle turned in the best performance this past second quarter among the top 10 office markets in the nation, with the biggest drop in vacancy and the largest volume of space absorbed, driven mainly by major tech-company leases, a report by Colliers International shows. The citys office vacancy rate dropped by 1 percentage point, to…
Big Changes Are in Store for Seattle’s Uptown Neighborhood
The growth of Seattles tech community is spilling into Uptown, changing its character and creating opportunities for development
GROWTH AHEAD. A number of construction projects are underway in Seattle’s Uptown neighborhood, aka Lower Queen Anne, with some 10 new development projects slated for completion this year.
Greater Seattles Booming Office Submarkets Are Among the Spendiest in the Nation
Average office-property prices in Seattles Lake Union neighborhood make it the eighth most expensive submarket in the country, a new study finds
The Amazon World Headquarters Campus Spheres terrariums in Seattles South Lake Union neighborhood.
Co-Working Space Provider WeWork Unveils Newest Seattle-Area Location
The New York-based real estate company and provider of shared workspaces also announced plans to open three more area locations
WeWork, a global provider of collaborative workspaces, is unveiling its 18th location in the greater Seattle area as part of a record 52 building openings worldwide in December, with three more sites in the Puget Sound region slated to open in the near future. The newest location is a 76,527-square-foot space in Seattles historic Ballard…
Seattle Ranks as a National Leader in High-Rise Apartment Development
High-rise residential development in Seattle has soared over the past decade, new study shows
Seattle is growing up, literally, when it comes to its housing market, ranking fourth among the 30 largest cities in the country in an assessment of cities with most high-rise apartment complexes built over the past decade, a recent RentCafe study shows. High-rise apartment buildings represented 9% of all new multifamily development in the city…
Skanskas 2+U Building Now Known as Qualtrics Tower After Big Lease
The data company has signed on as the anchor tenant
Data company Qualtrics is leasing 275,000 square feet in the new 2+U skyscraper in downtown Seattle. The building will now be known as Qualtrics Tower. The company which says it is co-headquartered in Seattle and Provo, Utah will lease 13 floors at 2+U, a 38-story, 701,000-square-foot retail, office and arts-and-culture project at Second Avenue and…
Seattles Building Boom Confronts a Construction-Labor Drought
Contractors in Washington are coping with a costly worker shortage, recent industry survey shows
As a sign of Seattles economic dynamism, the city is tied with Los Angeles for the most cranes along its skyline. But the boom times also have a soft underbelly as 80% of surveyed contractors in Washington are having a harder time filling hourly labor jobs this year, compared with a year earlier, according to…
2019 Skyline Awards, Developer of the Year: Kevin Daniels
Congratulations to Kevin Daniels, president of Daniels Real Estate, for his Developer of the Year award
This article appears in the September 2019 issue. See more about the winners of the 2019 Skyline Awards here. Click here for a free subscription. By his own admission, Kevin Daniels doesnt do the conventional or easy stuff. Our development focus is on community building and its the complex projects that we are really interested…
