BELLEVUE, WA-A commercial insurance company has signed a lease for 14,258 sf of office space on the fifth floor of the Civica Office Commons in Downtown. The new building's occupancy has now topped 85 percent.

SEATTLE-In an effort to jumpstart economic development in the South Park area, King County is negotiating to sell its one of the largest vacant parcels of industrial land left in South Seattle. The former landfill in the Duwamish industrial corridor has been mostly vacant since 1978.

SEATTLE-Nordstrom Inc. has begun construction this week on stores in Las Vegas and Coral Gables, FL. Both facilities are expected to open in fall 2002.

SEATTLE-Just as office building owners are badly in need of renters, King County is mulling a 250,000-sf office building Downtown in a move to become less reliant on leased space.

SEATTLE-Lowe Enterprises Northwest has begun construction of a five-story, 164,000-sf biotechnology and office building on Eastlake Avenue. The company forked out roughly $4.5 million for the 1.5-acre parcel.

TACOMA-Trammell Crow Co. has decided to close its Downtown Tacoma real estate brokerage office as part of the Dallas-based brokerage firm's reorganization efforts.

SEATTLE-Average rental rates for class A office space here have slipped 22% in the first six months of 2001, according to a new study by Oncor International.

SEATTLE-Average rental rates for class A office space here have slipped 22% in the first six months of 2001, according to a new study by Oncor International.