Tech Growth Fuels Apartment Market All Around Puget Sound

From the hottest commercial submarkets, such as Downtown Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, to far-flung suburbs like Lynnwood, the Puget Sound multifamily market has been firing on all cylinders lately. [caption id="attachment_181873" align="alignright" width="100"] David Young, JLL Capital Markets[/caption] [caption id="attachment_181872" align="alignright" width="100"] Corey Marx, JLL Capital Markets[/caption] A major reason for this is the huge growth in tech employment …

July 25, 2017Market Reports, Multifamily, Washington, Western, Western Market Reports

The Changing Face Of Puget Sound Retail

The Puget Sound region is one of the fastest growing areas in the U.S. We are seeing that reflected in the retail landscape, with innovation and expansion throughout the area. We are at the forefront of retail evolution, thanks to having some of the best-known retail innovators in our back yard who have turned the world of retail upside down by giving every consumer access to virtually every product available via home delivery. And yet, they are also innovating into brick and mortar …

July 11, 2017Market Reports, Retail, Washington, Western, Western Market Reports

Seattle’s Office Market Remains Healthy

Seattle is on the rise, and companies are thriving in the downtown core and surrounding submarkets. Seattle’s office market is one of the healthiest in the country. Leasing continues to be led by a robust technology sector that’s fueled by both the expansion of homegrown companies and the addition of engineering offices from mostly California-based companies. These companies have established significant footprints in Seattle as they have been able to attract, hire and retain workers from a …

November 8, 2016Market Reports, Office, Washington, Western, Western Market Reports

Seattle’s Retail Market Continues to Grow

The Puget Sound region may be home to the growing online retail giant of Amazon, but bricks and mortar retail development is in the best shape it’s been in since the beginning of the Great Recession. After five consecutive years of strong employment growth and resultant in-migration of highly paid tech workers, the Seattle market is continuing to enjoy gains in retail sales volumes, which are projected to grow 4.5 percent in 2016. [caption id="attachment_184047" align="alignright" …

November 1, 2016Market Reports, Retail, Washington, Western, Western Market Reports

The Sustainability of the Seattle Apartment Building Boom

[caption id="attachment_134559" align="alignright" width="150"] Allen N. Safer, Integra Realty Resources[/caption] With all the recent froth in the multifamily markets, knowledgeable observers are expressing concern regarding all of the cranes that are sprouting around Seattle. To assess the apartment market, we have compiled data recently published in the “March 2015 Apartment Development Report” by Dupre + Scott Apartment Advisors. The Seattle Metro area is in the midst of an …

June 30, 2015Market Reports, Multifamily, Washington, Western, Western Market Reports

Seattle’s CBD Gains in Popularity With Office Users

[caption id="attachment_133722" align="alignright" width="150"] Matt Christian, Cushman & Wakefield | Commerce[/caption] The Seattle office market has been a shining example of strength and solidity. Compared to the U.S. job rate, which expanded by 2.4 percent over the past year to drop the unemployment rate to just 5.5 percent, the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Metropolitan Statistical Area is looking good. Seattle added jobs at a rate of 3.1 percent in the first quarter of 2015. It also saw …

June 16, 2015Market Reports, Office, Washington, Western, Western Market Reports

Apartments Still in Demand in Seattle’s Core

[caption id="attachment_121206" align="alignright" width="150"] Joel Deis, Marcus & Millichap in Seattle [/caption] The Seattle-Tacoma metro area is one of the top-performing multifamily commercial real estate markets in the nation. Locally, employers are adding jobs at one of the fastest paces in the country, supporting a strong rental market in the region. In Tacoma, State Farm and other companies have energized the area’s economy and strengthened its apartment operations. In …

November 25, 2014Market Reports, Multifamily, Washington, Western, Western Market Reports

Retailers Continue Pacific Northwest Expansion Plans

[caption id="attachment_120785" align="alignright" width="150"] Michael Horner, JLL Retail [/caption] Seattle has come a long way since the 1971 billboard reading “will the last person leaving Seattle turn the lights off?” The greater Seattle economy and real estate market has continued to be one of the nation’s top- performing locales, even exceeding its prior 2007 peak. Large corporations such as Amazon, Boeing, Microsoft and Starbucks, along with many independent startup companies, …

November 18, 2014Industrial, Market Reports, Washington, Western, Western Market Reports

Tech Sector, Led By Amazon, Drives Seattle Office Market

The Downtown Seattle office leasing market continues to be led by growing tech firms, especially Amazon.com. Amazon recently signed leases for 5th & Bell (125,000 square feet), 635 Elliott (180,000 square feet) and Blanchard Plaza (125,000 square feet with the possibility to take down the entire 250,000-square-foot property). The online retailer is also moving forward with the development of three high-rise buildings totaling 3.3 million square feet. Amazon owns additional lots for more …

July 8, 2014Market Reports, Washington, Western, Western Market Reports

Rents Rise as Industrial Space Drops in Seattle

The Seattle close-in industrial market consists of those areas within the city limits north and south of Downtown. This is a very dense market composed of about 1,995 individual buildings that amount to 46,520,000 square feet. This is the place where the first Pacific NW industries were established. The submarkets of Ballard, Interbay, SODO, Georgetown and South Park are home to old and new manufacturing-based businesses, suppliers and distributors. They are also home to behemoths like …

July 1, 2014Market Reports, Washington, Western, Western Market Reports