Seattle

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
Hines is in line to acquire Fisher Plaza complex from owner Fisher Communications in a $160 million deal, the Seattle Times disclosed. The seller will stay on as the largest tenant at the 300,000-square-foot property. Located near […]

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
As if to underscore the finding published last month in the PwC/Urban Land Institute’s annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate report that Seattle is gaining in appeal to developers and investors, plans for two big multi-family projects have surfaced recently.
In […]

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
Even as investors continue  to covet core assets in markets like Manhattan, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., attention is also being paid to a relative newcomer to commercial real estate’s elite markets. Seattle has been humming for […]

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
A project billed as the largest transit-oriented development on the West Coast is on hold while the construction lender, Pacific Life Insurance Co., completes a document review, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported. The pause marks […]

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
A proposal for a $300 million mixed-use project with a cutting-edge design is moving closer to fruition in the city of Federal Way. Officials are negotiating exclusively with ARCADD Inc. to design and develop Crystal Way, […]

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor 
Three years after excavation started and later stalled, a mothballed mixed-use project in West Seattle is on the brink of going forward.  An affiliate of Madison Development Group L.L.C. paid $32 million in a foreclosure auction […]

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor 
Investors continue to splash the cash for high-quality properties in the Seattle area. The latest example is the 882-unit Archstone Redmond Hill in Redmond, the state’s largest multi-family property, which has traded  for $150.1 million. The […]

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor 
Seattle has been one of the brighter spots of the real estate market’s gradual recuperation over the past few years, and the region’s multi-family development trend is adding to that luster. At least 14 apartment projects […]

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
Seattle’s booming office market has eclipsed its housing sector in recent months, but the housing market could turn out to be a sleeper. Recent numbers indicate that 2011 is on track to edge last year’s home sales.
Although […]

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor
 “An office deal a week” seems to be Seattle’s new mantra these days as investment sales get in gear for autumn. The most recent property to take the spotlight is the 82-year-old Art Deco landmark located at […]