ISSAQUAH, WA-Development in the late 1990's left the cities of Issaquah and Sammamish and adjacent unincorporated areas of King County choking on traffic, leaving everyone looking for solutions and competing for mass transit funding.

SEATTLE, WA-Consultant Brian O'Connor says vacancies in Seattle's Downtown apartment market are now around 13%--but that figure could jump as many as four percentage points by mid-year.

SEATTLE, WA-Consultant Brian O'Connor says vacancies in Seattle's Downtown apartment market are now around 13%--but that figure could jump as many as four percentage points by mid-year.

KENT, WA-The estimated $27 million sales price for Valley Industrial Park is said to be $19-per-sf less than the seller, TrizecHahn, paid to acquire it last fall. The park is 60% occupied, with Boeing as its largest tenant.

SPOKANE, WA-Sticking to its guns on a previously announced financial strategy, WestCoast Hospitality has entered into an agreement to sell its 80% interest in the WHC Building, an office propertry in the central business district.

BELLEVUE, WA-With two delays already under its belt and having received notice of a third, childcare provider Bright Horizons invoked a termination clause in its lease with Lincoln Square and signed on with The Summit, a competing office project.

SEATTLE, WA-Grubb & Ellis ranks Seattle well down the list of 61 worldwide the tech markets that have seen the largest reductions in office occupancy costs. Occupancy costs are down more than 14% from a year earlier.

SEATTLE, WA-Though many aspects of Puget Sound's real estate market are sputtering and groping for solid ground, Thomas Wick says, "For investors there are still pockets of multifamily and residential that are strong.