PORT ORCHARD, WA-Wal-Mart still has some issues to resolve with Kitsap County planners, but the discount retail giant intends to double the size of its store on Bethel Road, turning it into a Supercenter.

SEATTLE-Positive absorption in the distribution and high-tech flex categories help drop overall vacancy in the 72.7-million-sf Kent Valley market after nine consecutive quarters of rising vacancy.

SEATTLE-Positive absorption in the distribution and high-tech flex categories help drop overall vacancy in the 72.7-million-sf Kent Valley market after nine consecutive quarters of rising vacancy.

REDMOND, WA-The $21-million Daytona office building opens after less than a year-and-a-half of construction. The four-story, 214,000-sf facility will be occupied by Microsoft Corp.

SEATTLE-If no appeals are received by the middle of the month regarding its design, environmental and conditional use approvals, a Master Use Permit will be issued for the 4,300-sf store proposed near the intersection of Aurora Avenue North and North 125th Street.

BREMERTON, WA-The city's much-anticipated conference center/hotel development got underway this week with the razing of the Entenai Building along the waterfront at the corner of First Street and Washington Avenue.

TACOMA, WA-The city's Hillside neighborhood will see the start of two residential developments, totaling $9.7 million. The Eliza B. McCabe Townhomes and Hillside Gardens will house residents earning between $12,000 and $34,000 a year.

SEATTLE-Overall vacancy rates in a three county area rose from 14.81% to 15.72% over the past three months, according to CB Richard Ellis. The vacancy rate in Downtown Seattle rose from 13.97% to 14.57%, while Eastside vacancy increased from 16.06% to 16.69%.