KENT, WA-Though more space has come available and rents have dropped with the overall market, those changes are having little effect on the sales of smaller properties here, says Chris Corr of Kidder Mathews & Segner.

ISSAQUAH, WA-Permit and infrastructure issues have stifled forward movement on Phase I of Microsoft's planned office campus here. But even though complete resolution is still unfound, the company has triggered options on 36.45 acres and is finally talking development.

NORTH BEND, WA-Until the Trust for Public Lands began negotiating to acquire the property, owners of the historic Tollgate Farm had their sites set on development, including one million sf of office space. Millions of dollars later, most of the farm is now public land.

SEATTLE, WA-The real estate investment firm says the economic slowdown is exacerbating an already tough job situation here, making it more and more likely the local commercial real estate industry will lag behind the nation as a whole in its recovery.

SEATTLE, WA-The real estate investment firm says the economic slowdown is exacerbating an already tough job situation here, making it more and more likely the local commercial real estate industry will lag behind the nation as a whole in its recovery.

REDMOND, WA-Third quarter earnings will not be released until the company consults the SEC on new accounting treatment of four development joint ventures. Shurgard did, however, say 3Q 2001 Same Store NOI was up 5.9% over the same period in 2000.

SEATTLE, WA-Speakers with national and regional impact will be on hand at the Commercial Real Estate Insights program on December 12th. CBA expects once again to draw the Puget Sound industry's top people to hear what the experts have to say.

SEATTLE, WA-The subject of the bankruptcy is SeaGulf Group's high-end condominium project on Alki Beach called Harbor Landing. The property was reportedly in the process of foreclosure by construction lender Washington First International Bank, which put up $5 million.