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Weyerhaeuser Campus Clash
The end may be in sight over the controversial redevelopment of the company's former property
This article is featured in the May/June issue of Seattle Business magazine. Subscribe here to access the print edition. An ambitious redevelopment project in Federal Way promises to create 3,100 family-wage jobs and $9.9 million in annual tax revenue. Detractors are vociferous in their opposition and come from groups and individuals across the country. In…
E-commerce Drives Industrial Market Strength
Industrial space is in high demand
This article is featured in the March issue of Seattle Business magazine. Subscribe here to access the print edition. Amazon and other retailers are going the last mile in the Covid-19 economy, and thats delivering to Seattle-area industrial and warehouse investors. Toward the end of April, e-commerce just took off. It has absolutely just gone…
Seattle’s Poised for a Building Boomerang
Seattle scores high on commercial construction index
This article is featured in the March issue of Seattle Business magazine. Subscribe here to access the print edition. The Seattle area is poised for a big rebound in commercial construction after the pandemic. Seattle ranks No. 5 on commercial brokerage CBREs inaugural U.S. Development Opportunity Index based on construction costs, existing supply, prior performance…
Teleion Does It Differently
At first glance, Teleions approach seems unusual. Heres why it works.
This article is featured in the March issue of Seattle Business magazine. Subscribe here to access the print edition. A recent analysis in the Harvard Business Review emphasized the importance of performance assessments for employees. That is most certainly not the thinking at Seattle-based Teleion. Employees never receive formal reviews. I know that sounds a…
100 Best Companies Nominations 2021
Program will open in May
For the 32nd year, Seattle Business magazine will honor the top companies in Washington for its annual 100 Best Companies to Work For awards program. Winners will be featured in the November issue of the magazine. We delayed the program this year in hopes of holding an in-person event to honor the winning companies after…
Seattle’s Entrepreneurial Endeavor
Seattles enterprising nature will be put to the test once the pandemic wanes
This article is featured in the January issue of Seattle Business magazine. Subscribe here to access the print edition. One of the enduring even foundational legends about Seattle not just as a place but as a concept is that this is a study city built by entrepreneurs. From its earliest days of white settlers to…
Creative Conundrum: ArtsFund CEO Michael Greer
The pandemic has devastated arts organizations, but has also sparked needed conversations. Michael Greer is at the forefront.
The pandemic has devastated arts organizations, but has also sparked needed conversations. Michael Greer is at the forefront. Michael Greer joined Seattle-based trade organization ArtsFund during a most inauspicious time. Greer, formerly executive director of both the Oregon Ballet Theatre and, before that, the Portland Ballet in Maine, was named CEO and president of the…
Cornell Law School Dean to Head Seattle University
Puyallup native Eduardo M. Penalver will be the universitys first Latino president
Cornell University Law School Dean Eduardo M. Penalver will take over as the president of Seattle University. Penalver, 47, will be Seattle Universitys 22nd president and its first Latino president. Penalver will officially start with the university on July 1, 2021. The current president, Stephen V. Sundborg, S.J., will step down in June after 24…
Patents Can Protect Or Pose a Threat, But Mostly They’re Misunderstood
The goal of the patent system, however, is to expand access to good ideas
When owners and employees of small and medium-size businesses hear the word patent, strong feelings usually come up. There is excitement when the business has patents that give it the right to exclude others from providing or using novel products and services that the business provides to its customers. This gives the business a competition-free…