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SEATTLE — Freestone Capital has acquired Aperture on Fifth, a 106-unit community in the Denny Triangle neighborhood of Seattle, from PrivatePortfolio GroupFreestone Capital for $32.2 million, or $304,245 per unit. Gio…
Community Roots Housing and Kids Co. have begun construction on a new early learning center at CopperLeaf Northgate, one of Seattle’s newest affordable housing communities. The new 7,761-square-foot center and outdoor…
Waterton has acquired Arrivé, a 344-unit high-rise apartment community in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. The acquisition includes the residential portion of the building, located on floors 11-42 above a hotel proper…
SEATTLE, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Fourth Avenue Capital (FAC) and Capital Funding Partners (CapFund) announced the acquisition of Steppe Apartments, an 87-unit Class A apartment community in Bend, Oregon. This ac…
SEATTLE — Freestone Capital has acquired Aperture on Fifth, a 106-unit community in the Denny Triangle neighborhood of Seattle, from PrivatePortfolio GroupFreestone Capital for $32.2 million, or $304,245 per unit. Gio…
Community Roots Housing and Kids Co. have begun construction on a new early learning center at CopperLeaf Northgate, one of Seattle’s newest affordable housing communities. The new 7,761-square-foot center and outdoor…
Waterton has acquired Arrivé, a 344-unit high-rise apartment community in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. The acquisition includes the residential portion of the building, located on floors 11-42 above a hotel proper…
SEATTLE, Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Fourth Avenue Capital (FAC) and Capital Funding Partners (CapFund) announced the acquisition of Steppe Apartments, an 87-unit Class A apartment community in Bend, Oregon. This ac…
Cristo Rey Jesuit Seattle High School, a private high school in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood, has purchased a three-acre site for $3.6 million to accommodate more students. The school at 10001 57th Ave. S. pla…
SEATTLE, Aug. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Zillow Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: Z and ZG), which is transforming the way people buy, sell, rent and finance homes, today announced Zillow Group will present at this year's Goldman Sa…
Redfin will continue to receive Zillow's multifamily listings and payments for leads through at least 2030 while building its own rentals advertising business SEATTLE, Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Redfin, part of Roc…
Vitality on Howell, a five-story apartment building located at 1420 E. Howell Street in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, has sold. Jerrid Anderson, Jack Shephard, Matt Laird, and Matt Johnston of Kidder Mathe w s’…
Syndication partnership with Redfin continues; both companies to also offer standalone options, improving choice, affordability and access SEATTLE, Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Zillow Group today announced a resoluti…
Northmarq’s Seattle Investment Sales team, led by Tyler Smith, Steve Fischer, Joe Kinkopf and Brendan Greenheck, brokered the $22.5 million sale of Go Go Heights Apartments, a 178-unit garden-style multifamily communi…
SEATTLE — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $250 million refinancing for Museum House, an apartment community in Seattle. Dave Karson, Christopher Moyer, Alex Lapidus and Meredith Crawford of Cushman & Wakefield repr…
Grandbridge Real Estate Capital , a subsidiary of Truist, has been named master servicer on its first commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction, marking a significant milestone as the firm expands its servicin…
High housing costs and economic uncertainty pushed pending home sales to their lowest level since March SEATTLE, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- New listings of U.S. homes for sale climbed 1.2% week over week to their h…
Skanska has promoted Tom Leptich to Vice President of Operations, and Albert Martin to Vice President and Account Manager for its Skanska USA Building operations across the Puget Sound region and the Inland Northwest.…
EVERETT, WASH. — Breakthrough, a joint venture of Tishman Speyer and Bellco Capital, has acquired a biomanufacturing facility in Everett, a suburb of Seattle, for $78 million. In tandem with the acquisition, Breakthro…
Home searchers can now see nearby childcare options as they browse homes for sale on Redfin SEATTLE, Aug. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Redfin (redfin.com), the real estate brokerage powered by Rocket, today announced a pa…
The Port of Seattle Commission has approved initial funding for a $2.5 billion renovation of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s S Concourse, with major construction scheduled to begin in 2027 and continue through…
The new transparency ordinance, effective July 2027, eliminates administrative service charges, pet rent and package fees and requires upfront pricing for tenants.
Near-record home prices, elevated mortgage rates and economic instability drove down U.S. home sales in July SEATTLE, Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. home sales fell 4.1% from a month earlier in July, dropping to t…
Despite a slow national market, Northern New Jersey, San Francisco and others set record-high volumes so far in 2026, while Seattle saw a decline.
Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $107 million refinancing for 255 South King Street, a mixed-use property located in Seattle. Dave Karson, Chris Moyer and Chris Meloni of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction…
Global design firm HKS announced the addition of two accomplished design leaders to its Seattle office. Eric Ritchey, AIA, joins as Principal and Office Technical Leader, and Richard Wilson, AIA, has been named Vice P…
SUMNER, WASH. — Mesa West Capital has provided Timberlane Partners with a $52 million short-term, first-mortgage loan to refinance Sumner Mill Apartments in Sumner, approximately 30 miles south of Seattle. Joshua West…
nordstrom Rack has signed a 22,000-square-foot lease in Wellington, Fla., the Seattle-based retailer announced Thursday. Nordstrom Rack is the discount concept run by Nordstrom . The new store, set to open in spring 2…
Timberlane Partners has secured $52 million to refinance Sumner Mill Apartments, a 162-unit multifamily community outside of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., Commercial Observer can first report. Mesa West provided the debt…
New listings edged higher, but buyers pulled back as mortgage rates climbed to their highest level in nearly a year SEATTLE, Aug. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The number of homes going under contract fell 3.7% week over we…
BXP announced the signing of an approximately 112,000-square-foot, 10-year lease renewal with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (DWT) , a national law firm, at Madison Center, a 760,000-square-foot workplace in downtown Seatt…
Monticello, a 107-unit apartment community located at 415 Boren Ave in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood, has been acquired by Nordic Partners Investments. Built in 1957, Monticello spans 42,342 net rentable square fe…
The reform eliminates an administrative step that has held up new zoning and housing planning efforts, advocates say.
SEATTLE — Nordic Partners Investments has acquired Monticello, a 107-unit apartment property located at 415 Boren Ave. in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood, for an undisclosed price. Built in 1957, Monticello spans 42…
CBRE has promoted Andrew Hitchcock to vice chairman, the firm’s highest professional title for producers. Hitchcock specializes in industrial leasing, as well as the acquisition and disposition of logistics, war…
While Zillow ’s legal battles on other fronts may be heating up, for now, it no longer has to contend with claims of Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act ( RESPA ) and racketeering violations. On Monday, Seattle-base…
Vulcan Real Estate announced that Coffee TAB, a nonprofit coffee shop and workforce development program, is opening this summer at 23rd & Jackson in Seattle’s central area. The location will activate the northeast cor…