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August, OutFront Briefcase

BOTHELL -- Nastech Pharmaceuticals has changed its name to MDRNA and has a new CEO, Michael French....

August, OutFront Cold Spring Cools Expectations For Cherries, Slurpees

Washington state's cherry crop was smaller than expected, due to colder-than-Siberia weather in May...

August, OutFront Seattle Organizations Earn Green Cred

Three Seattle-based entities -- the Cascade Land Conservancy, Vulcan Inc. and real estate...

August, OutFront New Microsoft Casino Computers Come With Flirt Function

New Microsoft Surface tabletop computers in a Las Vegas casino have been installed with software...

August, OutFront Smaller Airlines Targeting Washington

Three Portland investors have launched a new airline that connects the Rose City with Seattle. On...

August, OutFront Window Shopping

Historic properties around the state

August, OutFront Cargo Volumes Peak

The Port of Everett is scaling back an expansion after a report from a consultant suggested that...

August, OutFront Moses Lake is Like the Moon

Turns out, Moses Lake makes a fine stand-in for the moon.

Preparing to send astronauts to the moon...

August, OutFront Some Good Housing News - Sort of

Perhaps the only upside to declining home prices is that our property taxes might go down. And then...

August, OutFront Community Papers Scooped Up

Sound Publishing Inc. has purchased the Enumclaw Courier-Herald and Bonney Lake Courier-Herald...

August, OutFront Washington CEO Magazine Named One of the Top Regional Business Magazines

Washington CEO Magazine received a gold and two silver awards in the 2008 Editorial Excellence...

August, OutFront Columbia, Covey Run Sold

A brand-new California wine company has acquired one of Washington's oldest wineries, along with...

Vital Signs

Small is Beautiful

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


Outront
Shifting Grounds In Seattle Property 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...


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Window Shopping

Three Puget Sound-Area Homes With Green Features


Real Estate
Getting Green From the Brown

Developers and governments find new opportunities in old industrial sites


Planned, Zoned & Ready

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


Luxury real estate lures global buyers

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


Commercial Real Estate Rolls on

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.


Real Estates: Home or Castle?

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.


Are We Headed For Doom?

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


Continental Touches

Russian brother-and-sister team shapes luxury condo market


Why Zillow Is More than a Home Value Estimator

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...


The Power of Home

Zillow taps into our primal, mythic need for shelter


Condomania!

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


Mining for Yakima Gold

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


High-end Retail Sprouts Up in Bellevue

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...


Seattle Retail Goes Upscale

Urban designers and power investors are transforming Seattle?s downtown


Mighty Tieton

A book publisher tries to bring life to a sleepy village


Bellevue Rents Soar

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....


Rules of Engagement

Property Rights Initiative Breeds Uncertainty


Measured Growth?

Property Law Sews Confusion in Oregon


High on Hotels

Never mind astronomical prices, condos built above hotels are hot


Hotelier returns to Seattle with a flourish ? and a view

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...


Star Accommodations

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


Tower a jewel in Davenport crown

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...


Exhibit hall attracts new money to Spokane

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...


Dirt Sells

Retail market throughout Puget Sound continues to thrive


Top 25 Industrial Parks in Washington

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



News from the trenches

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...


Industrial Still the Way to Go

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...



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