Articles about commercial real estate

Amazon plans logistics site in new industrial building on former Weyerhaeuser campus

Amazon plans to use a new building on the former Weyerhaeuser corporate campus in Federal Way, Wash., as a future… Read More

Amazon restarting construction on 22 unfinished floors inside Bellevue office tower

Amazon is restarting construction on a 42-story office tower in Bellevue, Wash., to complete 22 floors of the building’s interior… Read More

Office-to-residential conversion is a trendy idea for downtown resurgence — but has big challenges

Office-to-residential conversions are frequent fodder in discussions of the post-pandemic city, downtown regeneration, and hopes to contain rising housing costs.… Read More

Slalom moving its HQ and name to ‘Hawk Tower’ near Seattle sports stadiums

A new company will make its nest in Seattle’s “Hawk Tower” in the new year. Seattle-based business and technology firm Slalom… Read More

Inside Amazon’s new Bellevue office tower, where the company is testing evolving workplace designs

Nobody dropped the tech industry’s tried and true “fail fast” mantra, but during a tour Wednesday of Amazon’s newly opened… Read More

Seattle office space demand is lowest among U.S. cities measured in new report

The demand for office space in Seattle is the lowest among all cities measured in a new report from VTS,… Read More

Amazon begins shifting 2,000 employees from Seattle to new Bellevue office towers

Amazon has moved about half of a planned 2,000 employees from Seattle to Bellevue, Wash., where the company ultimately plans… Read More

Commercial furniture and equipment procurement platform Source snags $8.5M

Source, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that helps architectural and design firms procure interior design products for commercial real estate projects,… Read More

McKinsey report details how hybrid work is ‘here to stay’ and the ripple effects on real estate

A new report by consulting firm McKinsey & Co. highlights “substantial” challenges for cities and commercial real estate players due… Read More

Seattle-area office market ‘continues to struggle’ with rising vacancies and hybrid work policies

Seattle-area office vacancy rates have more than doubled from pre-pandemic levels, reflecting the ongoing impact of macroeconomic uncertainty and work-from-home… Read More

DoorDash expanding engineering footprint in Seattle with new downtown office space

DoorDash, the food ordering and delivery company, is expanding its office footprint in Seattle two years after starting an engineering… Read More

Photos: Inside Google’s sprawling new campus east of Seattle as it doubles down on a return to offices

Google is going gangbusters in the suburbs east of Seattle. The tech giant gave an inside look Thursday at the… Read More

In Seattle and across U.S., tech is gobbling up office space, even as remote and hybrid work takes hold

Even as companies and employees continue to grapple with what the future of work will look like, and where that… Read More

Moving in after Amazon backed out: Inside Rainier Square, Seattle’s new office and residential tower

Two and half years after Amazon backed out of plans to occupy a giant new skyscraper in downtown Seattle, commercial… Read More

Data analytics startup NavigatorCRE raises $17.2M for tech that aids commercial real estate industry

Seattle-based NavigatorCRE, makers of a data analytics platform that serves the commercial real estate industry, has raised $17.2 million in… Read More

SpaceX leases new 125,000-square-foot complex in Seattle area as Starlink satellite operation grows

SpaceX is leasing a 124,907-square-foot building complex that’s under construction in Redmond Ridge Business Park, east of Seattle, according to… Read More

Amazon leases another Bellevue office tower as it makes room for planned 25k employees in city

Amazon is making room for some of the 25,000 employees it plans to add in Bellevue, Wash., announcing Tuesday that… Read More

Facebook buys REI’s new HQ for $367M, expanding Seattle-area footprint beyond 3M square feet

Facebook is yet again expanding in the Seattle region, its largest engineering hub outside of Silicon Valley. The social media… Read More

Historic steam plant in Seattle gets a fresh new look courtesy of Fred Hutch

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has a historic new signpost on Seattle’s Lake Union. The institution has started adding… Read More

This startup wants to bring commercial real estate investing to the masses

Less than a year after selling his telecommunications startup, Flowroute founder Sean Hsieh has embarked on a new venture that… Read More

New filing reveals the bill for Expedia’s Seattle waterfront campus: $190M in 2018 and up to $475M this year

Expedia is getting closer to moving into its prized Seattle waterfront campus, and the financial details of the massive project… Read More

With another new office lease for Amazon, this Seattle-area city is almost out of downtown space

Amazon will take another high rise tower in Bellevue, Wash., according to a real estate brokerage report, and because of… Read More

Expedia shows off latest plans for sprawling Seattle waterfront campus with room for 5,000 employees

Expedia is less than a year away from opening the doors of its massive new Seattle campus, and today it… Read More

Seattle is the nation’s fastest growing tech hub, study says, as Bay Area engineering centers continue to expand

No city has added more tech jobs in the last two years than Seattle, according to a new report, as… Read More

Uber expanding Seattle engineering office, scooping up space with room for 750 people

Ride-hailing giant Uber is expanding its engineering office in Seattle to fit up to 750 people, which is more than… Read More

Google doubles down on Seattle region with giant new office leases

Google has reportedly inked a big lease in an office building in Bellevue, Wash., while at the same time embarking… Read More

WeWork dramatically expanding Seattle presence, revealing several big new office leases in region

WeWork is in the midst of a massive expansion that will more than double its presence in the Seattle area… Read More

Amazon leases entire Expedia HQ tower as travel giant prepares for move to Seattle

Amazon has scooped up the Bellevue, Wash., Expedia headquarters building that the travel giant will soon vacate as it prepares… Read More

Big Fish Games migrates to new HQ, with plans to reel in top talent with eye-catching space

Big Fish Games has a new headquarters to go along with its new leader. The Seattle-based gaming company, which was… Read More

Fast-growing sales automation startup Outreach scoops up Big Fish Games space for new HQ

Outreach is moving to a new headquarters as the enterprise software startup has already outgrown its current digs in Seattle,… Read More