Amazon tops rivals with $200 billion in planned AI real estate spending
Tech giant boosts data center capacity, delivery speeds
Amazon expects to spend $200 billion on data centers and other equipment this year, topping its big technology rivals in a spending spree to build out artificial intelligence netwo...
Colliers buys California transit firm to boost engineering business
Pasadena-based Ramos Consulting Services to join Toronto-based real estate company
Colliers has acquired Ramos Consulting Services, an engineering and construction management firm that has worked on some of California’s largest transit projects.
Victoria hotel sells for $41 million amid strong outlook for BC hospitality investment
Synvest Capital buys Royal Scot Hotel in off-market deal
A 1970s-era hotel in Victoria sold for $41 million in the latest example of strong investor demand for hospitality properties in British Columbia, where there's a shortage of hotel...
Life Time boosts US expansion with purchase of grocery store near Seattle
National fitness chain plans Redmond gym in Redmond
Fitness chain Life Time bought a former Fred Meyer grocery store in Seattle’s Redmond suburb as part of a push by the Minnesota-based firm to expand nationally.
Former NBA team owner bets on Seattle in buying building near Space Needle
Robert Sarver’s 3Edgewood buys 222 Fifth from Intercontinental Real Estate
A real estate firm launched by former NBA team owner Robert Sarver to buy office buildings at depressed prices has acquired its first real estate in Seattle, a 10-story life scienc...
Google buys one of its industrial buildings near Seattle
Unico Properties sells 1980s-era complex to longtime tenant
Google bought a two-story industrial building in Seattle’s Redmond suburb that the tech giant has leased for about eight years.
Mixed-use tower proposed as 'catalyst' for Vancouver's Granville entertainment district
Bonnis Properties looks to build 35-story hotel and apartment project
Bonnis Properties has proposed a hotel and residential tower as one of the first projects under the city's plan to revitalize downtown Vancouver's Granville Entertainment District.
Transit-oriented apartments to break ground near Seattle in Redmond
Bellwether Housing to develop 328-unit, income-restricted project
Nonprofit developer Bellwether Housing is slated to start work next month on an income-restricted apartment project near a light-rail station in Redmond, one of greater Seattle’s m...
Meta, Microsoft execs defend move to double down on record data center spending
Analysts raise questions about when technology will yield profits
Meta and Microsoft expect to spend a combined quarter trillion dollars this year on data centers and other artificial intelligence initiatives, and investors spent Thursday trying ...
Fast-growing coworking operator signs deal for first Washington location
Utah-based Kiln expands to Seattle as part of western US growth
A Utah-based coworking and flex space company has signed a lease for its first Washington location as part of an expansion across the western U.S. this year.
Starbucks plans up to 650 new stores this year as turnaround efforts pay off
Company recovery is ‘ahead of schedule’ as coffee customers come back
Starbucks is back in growth mode, months after closing hundreds of locations, laying off corporate employees and redesigning its cafes as part of a multiyear turnaround.
Seattle office tower trades at discount in latest sign of downtown reset
MetLife buys 25-story Westlake Tower in foreclosure sale
A Seattle tower traded at a fraction of its former price in a foreclosure sale as the city's downtown struggles to recover from historic low levels of demand for office space.
Vancouver moves to ease shortage of senior care facilities with hospital expansion
City’s largest hospital plans to add two new towers with 280 beds
Vancouver's largest hospital has advanced plans to build two towers to address a shortage of long-term care beds for British Columbia's aging population.
Amazon backs conversion of historic Seattle hotel to housing for seniors
Chinatown development group buys Eclipse Hotel
A historic hotel vacant for decades is slated to be converted into affordable rentals in the latest project backed by tech giant Amazon.
BGO buys high-profile Vancouver office tower as downtown sales demand picks up
Oxford, CPP Investments sell Oceanic Plaza for $246 million
Real estate investment management firm BGO bought the Oceanic Plaza office tower for $246 million in the latest high-dollar office deal in downtown Vancouver.
Senior housing operator expands Seattle independent living campus as demand grows
Nearly 75% of units already reserved at 33-story campus expansion
Senior housing operator Horizon House has started an expansion at its First Hill campus in Seattle, backed by $600 million in investment bond financing.
Vancouver student housing project marks nation’s latest step to boost high-density development
Global Education Communities to build 26-storey project near Langara College
The Vancouver City Council approved a project to build an apartment tower near Langara College as part of British Columbia's plan to encourage high-density residential development ...
Prologis posts record leasing year as US warehouse demand rebounds
Logistics giant expects to expand data center development
The world’s largest industrial developer and landlord set an annual record for leasing, bolstering the firm’s expectations for accelerating warehouse demand around the country.
Interstate Equities, PGIM buy apartments in West Coast tech hubs
Four properties trade for $272 million in Silicon Valley, Seattle
Interstate Equities and global asset manager PGIM teamed up to buy four apartment complexes in California's Silicon Valley and downtown Seattle, two of the tech industry’s home reg...
Downtown Seattle building recently leased by Nordstrom Rack sells to real estate firm
Buyer plans to ‘extensively renovate’ 1920s-era building
A real estate developer has acquired a vacant, four-story retail building in downtown Seattle where Nordstrom Rack plans to relocate its downtown store in the latest sign of the ar...