Empty nesters, seeking a downsized life close to the action, perk up the condo market

The continuing credit crunch has claimed another victim: Clise Properties' plans to sell and redevelop a 13-acre tract in downtown Seattle, a $7 billion project on the scale of London's Canary Wharf.

That project has now been...

Three Puget Sound-Area Homes With Green Features

Developers and governments find new opportunities in old industrial sites

Industrial developers find the welcome mat out in Frederickson as urban land becomes scarcer

Is sleepy Seattle now a go-to destination for the international jet set? Agents and developers say new downtown luxury condos...

The Puget Sound region's commercial real estate market is hotter than the sun, with experts declaring it second only to New York City and predicting continued growth over the next several years.

The explosion of wealth in Washington has led to larger and more luxurious homes - some with expensive renovations - coming onto the market. Here's a selection of some of the most expensive real estate on the market in the state.

Despite a credit crunch and housing bubble, Washington remains better off than most

Russian brother-and-sister team shapes luxury condo market

Zillow spokespeople want their company to be thought of as a media company, not an online real estate service. They talk about new products as a television network touts its top programs. In keeping with the media metaphor, here...

Zillow taps into our primal, mythic need for shelter

Will Seattle?s condo market continue to buck the national trend?

Outside investors are transforming Washington?s agricultural powerhouse into a diversified economy

DANIEL IVANOFF strides into the room like Genghis Khan, scrappy, ready to take on all comers. He's riding high on several recent coups, including the sale in October of Civica, a mixed-use building on 106th Avenue near Northeast...

Urban designers and power investors are transforming Seattle?s downtown

A book publisher tries to bring life to a sleepy village

BELLEVUE – Bellevue’s office rents for Class A office space have grown 11.6 percent over the past year, the highest growth in the nation, according to a study by Seattle-based real estate firm Grubb & Ellis Co....

Property Rights Initiative Breeds Uncertainty

Property Law Sews Confusion in Oregon

Never mind astronomical prices, condos built above hotels are hot

Four Seasons hotel is coming back to Seattle, this time attached to condominiums in a modernist glass, stone and oxidized metal sculpture that promises to transform the skyline.The 21-story building at First and Union streets...

With the economy strong, Seattle hoteliers adding thousands of luxury rooms

When commercial real estate developer Walt Worthy and wife, Karen Worthy, purchased Spokane’s historic Davenport Hotel in 2000, their goal was to return the crumbling landmark to its original 1914 grandeur. The couple put...

Size matters in the convention industry. When planners scout locations to hold their meetings and events, one of their chief requirements is a large enough space to stage their exhibits and accommodate attendees.A new...

Retail market throughout Puget Sound continues to thrive

Ranked by total square feetData from Officespace.comCompiled by Margot Walker

The squeeze is on

These are reports from the field of commercial real estate, a business where deals are often long-term and huge - in the millions of dollars - if and when they happen. Timely information is crucial and sensitive. Sometimes...

Outside of using your garage as a place to start your business, the best way to go is still industrial. At 51 cents a square foot for space in downtown Seattle (retail space in Seattle goes for $25 a square foot) and a mere 33...