{"id":1004208016,"date":"2018-03-06T05:34:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T13:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004208016"},"modified":"2025-02-26T02:42:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T10:42:40","slug":"riding-the-tech-boom-in-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/riding-the-tech-boom-in-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Riding the Tech Boom in Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Corina Stef<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004208018\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/02\/Office-using-employment-in-Seattle-click-to-enlarge.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004208018\" data-attachment-id=\"1004208018\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/riding-the-tech-boom-in-seattle\/office-using-employment-in-seattle-click-to-enlarge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/02\/Office-using-employment-in-Seattle-click-to-enlarge.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1007,433\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Office-using employment in Seattle, click to enlarge\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Office-using employment in Seattle, click to enlarge&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/02\/Office-using-employment-in-Seattle-click-to-enlarge.jpg?w=1007\" class=\"wp-image-1004208018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/02\/Office-using-employment-in-Seattle-click-to-enlarge.jpg\" alt=\"Office-using employment in Seattle, click to enlarge\" width=\"400\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/02\/Office-using-employment-in-Seattle-click-to-enlarge.jpg 1007w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/02\/Office-using-employment-in-Seattle-click-to-enlarge.jpg?resize=300,129 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/02\/Office-using-employment-in-Seattle-click-to-enlarge.jpg?resize=768,330 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004208018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Office-using employment in Seattle, click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Seattle has it all\u2014healthy fundamentals, skilled workforce and booming economy. The metro is a hotbed for startup businesses, while local tech powerhouses Amazon and Google preserve their hometown glory by boosting construction and leasing activity. The growth is fueled by the University of Washington\u2019s expanding computer science program and the increase in minimum wage, a clear signal that the metro\u2019s traditional economic drivers have reached a new level of maturity.<\/p>\n<p>The market\u2019s office inventory encompasses 95.7 million square feet, with 18.5 million in various development stages. Boosted by positive absorption and high demand, the end of 2017 brought 4 million square feet to the market, almost double the previous year. With 6 million square feet under construction, there\u2019s a solid wave of new commercial developments on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>Office vacancies averaged 9.2 percent in December, with 7.9 million square feet of office space available for lease. Tenants continue to concentrate their businesses as close to the urban core as possible, opting to pre-lease entire buildings. Pioneer Square and First Hill were in high demand, with vacancy rates of 1.9 percent and 3.7 percent in December. Vacancy was greatest in the highly peripheral Federal Way (24.6 percent), following Weyerhaeuser\u2019s relocation to the Central Business District.<\/p>\n<p>Strong investor interest led to more than $2.6 billion in office sales in the 12 months ending in December. More than half of the volume was concentrated near the urban core, especially in Lake Union and Denny Triangle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/Media\/Downloads\/File\/397-Seattle-Winter2018OfficeOutlook?utm_medium=Research-Center&amp;utm_source=CPE&amp;utm_campaign=397-Seattle-Winter2018OfficeOutlook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Read the full Yardi Matrix report.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon and Google continue to boost office construction and leasing activity across the metro, drawn by a skilled workforce and booming economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":241,"featured_media":1004208017,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21808,21742,21747,37749,1610,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004208016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-latest","category-office","category-research-center-cpe","category-seattle","category-west"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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