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Skanska Plans New Restaurant at The Eight in Downtown Bellevue
Skanska announced that Sea Creatures, a family of locally owned and operated Seattle restaurants, has signed a lease at The Eight, a 25-story, 541,000-square-foot office tower located at 10770 NE 8th St. in downtown Bellevue. The new restaurant will mark Sea Creatures’ first expansion to the Eastside, adding to The...
seattleagentmagazine.com
Real estate information is everywhere. Interpretation is the advantage.
Seattle-area Realtors are being asked to do more than ever. Clients want guidance on rates, pricing, inventory, affordability, neighborhood shifts, new construction and the right time to move. At the same time, buyers and sellers have more information than ever, but not necessarily more clarity. That is where the “impact...
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Boise, Idaho, Becomes a Rare Haven for First-Time Buyers Seeking Starter Homes
A recent metro-by-metro analysis by Realtor.com® reveals new findings on the availability of starter homes across the country. For many would-be buyers, the dream of homeownership has felt increasingly distant
B-Town (Burien) Blog
ECOThrive seeks funding to advance 27 affordable homes in Burien’s Boulevard Park
ECOThrive Housing is seeking donations and funding partners to close a financing gap for a planned village of 27 permanently affordable, community-owned homes in Burien’s Boulevard Park neighborhood, citing rising construction costs. “This is prevention, not crisis response,” organizers said. “Without intervention, many working households are one rent increase...
seattlemet.com
Off-the-Wall Ideas to Make Seattle Better
Sometimes you have to dream big. While great minds across the city are making concrete new inventions—like the 10 best we picked here—some of us are thinking in more abstract terms. We picked four pie-in-the-sky ideas for Seattle's future and investigated what it would take to implement them. Possible? Maybe not today. But tomorrow is just around the corner.
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Investor Acquires Lowe’s Ground Lease in Kent
Northmarq closed the sale of a 10.62-acre Lowe’s ground lease located at 24050 Pacific Hwy S. in Kent, Washington. Northmarq represented the seller, with the firm’s Pacific Northwest Investment Sales team, led by Sean Tufts, Kevin Adatto, Joe Dugoni, and Jack Hallberg, brokering the deal in collaboration with Austin Cohn of Wahl & Associates. The buyer was a private East Coast-based group, as part of a 1031 exchange.
smartcitiesdive.com
Seattle social housing hits milestone with land acquisition
The Seattle Social Housing Developer Board last week unanimously approved a location in the city’s Central District for its first social housing construction project. The project will include around 20 mixed-income homes, at least half with two to three bedrooms, and will cost an estimated $15 million. The development is slated for completion by the end of 2028.
fox13seattle.com
WA's Sound Transit seeks $765M to buy up houses for light rail access
The Sound Transit Board of Directors will vote Thursday on a $765 million request to fund property acquisitions and construction access for the West Seattle Link Extension. Resolution R2026-23 covers 64 parcels, requiring three full property purchases, one partial acquisition, and 60 legal easements across affected neighborhoods. Sound Transit plans...
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Newmark Arranges 266K-SF Industrial Lease Near Seattle
Newmark has arranged a full-building lease at Prologis Park SeaTac 3, a 265,922-square-foot industrial facility in Des Moines, Washington. Newmark Executive Vice Chairman Thad Mallory, Vice Chairman Taylor Hoff and Managing Director Cam Warren represented property owner Prologis in the transaction. “This submarket has led the way for regional leasing...
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Kent’s Canyon Ridge Plaza Sells for $19M
Canyon Ridge Plaza, an 86,909-square-foot multitenant retail center in Kent, has sold for $19 million, according to a news release Tuesday from commercial real estate company Northmarq, whose Pacific Northwest investment sales team completed the sale. Kimco Realty acquired the property, located at 26015 104th Ave. SE, said Northmarq, whose...
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Help Shape Bellevue’s Pre-Approved Plans for Faster Permits on Backyard Homes and Cottages
Bellevue residents can now weigh in on the designs the city will offer for detached accessory dwelling units (DADUs) and cottages through a new pre-approved plans program. The city is building the program with community input, which will guide both the types of designs selected and how they fit within Bellevue’s neighborhoods.
scotsmanguide.com
Making sense of a ‘weird’ housing market
“Weird” is a word a Scotsman Guide reporter kept hearing when searching for a home in the Seattle area over the past two months. It would crop up in conversations with listing agents at open houses where barely anyone showed up. “It’s just a weird market right now,” they...
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Mexican Restaurant Cantina Monarca to Open Flagship Location at Vulcan’s Lake Union Piers
Cantina Monarca, a Mexican restaurant known for its atmosphere, cuisine, and cocktails, is expanding to Seattle with an extraordinary new flagship location set to open next summer at Lake Union Piers. The new restaurant will occupy about 8,300 square feet of interior space and 2,700 square feet of outdoor patio...
downtownbellevue.com
Demolition Underway for 239-Unit Brizo Apartments in Downtown Bellevue
Demolition is underway at the Bellevue Vista Apartments on 108th Avenue NE. The site is being cleared for Brizo, an eight-story apartment building from Spokane-based SRM Development. The 0.92-acre site at 1051 108th Ave. NE held a 30-unit complex built in 1977, spread across five low-rise buildings and a surface...
seattletransitblog.com
Changing the Zoning for most of Seattle
We should get rid of minimum lot sizes in the city. As long as a builder adheres to other regulations they should be free to build small-lot homes, like row houses or skinny houses. Some people will still want bigger lots. But it is quite likely this would give a lot more people the opportunity to own both a home and the land under it.
foresthillmessenger.com
Kirkland, WA Realtor Advises Homeowners Moving This Fall on Why Selling First May Strengthen Their Next Purchase
Kirkland, Wash. — October 16, 2026 — Homeowners planning a fall move often face the same first question: should they buy their next home before selling their current one, or sell first and then start shopping? Gina Madeya, a REALTOR® with Windermere, says there is no universal answer, but in many cases, selling first puts homeowners in a stronger position.