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With Demand Growing & Vacancies Shrinking, Puget Sound Office Rents Rise

Colliers International statistics are showing that Puget Sound office rental rates continue to rise into the fourth quarter of 2014, as tenant demand grows and vacancy rate drops. Check out their chart showing the change across time from 2006 through 2014:

Puget Sound Industrial Vacancy Rates Keep Declining, Helping Raise Rental Rates

Colliers International has reported that the vacancy rates for industrial properties in the Seattle region continued declining into the fourth quarter of 2014, which is influencing rental rates to rise along with real estate prices as demand increases. Check out the chart of economic drivers in Q4:

Chinese Investors Creating Real Estate Boom in Seattle?

Earlier this year, Seattlehomes.com reported that the Puget Sound real estate market, both residential and commercial, had caught the eye of Chinese investors and was likely to draw substantial dollars into the market in the near future. This prediction seems to be coming true, as recent transactions have poured almost $2 billion into the Puget […]

Did the Denver Real Estate Market Live up to Expectations?

In January 2014, Denver ranked #11 in Markets to Watch in the annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Urban Land Institute. At that time, the outlook for investment, development, and homebuilding was good. How will 2014 end for this residential and commercial real estate market? Asking prices for multifamily, office, […]

Key Indicators of Commercial Real Estate Health in Seattle

Seattle has long been a tourist destination for several reasons: seven major cruise lines made almost 200 port calls in 2014; more than 10 million visitors watch “flying fish” and/or sip a latte at the first Starbucks at Pike Place Market every year; about a million people a year delight in the views from the […]

Why Buildings Sit Empty, but Construction Continues

If you drive through almost any city in America, you are sure to see empty strip centers and vacant office spaces. Drive a little further and you’ll see a new office building going up. Why build new when there is existing space available? During the commercial real estate boom that swept across most of the […]

NFL Owner Connected To Prime Real Estate Near LAX

It’s no secret the NFL wants to get a team back in one of the largest population centers in the United States (as well as London and the rest of the world). Now, there are several reports that Stan Kroenke, owner of the St. Louis Rams, is connected to a 60 acre real estate site […]

Chinese Real Estate Developers Look Outward at ‘Gateway Cities’

After two major acquisitions in Los Angeles by Chinese real estate investors, the LA Times reports that major Chinese developers will continue to look at gateway cities like Los Angeles to get a foothold in the United states. With investment options slowing down within China, developers are looking for “shovel ready” projects that will return […]

Commercial Real Estate in Los Angeles

Only one thing is certain about the commercial real estate market in Southern California: it is constantly in flux. Los Angeles has had many peaks and valleys since its days as a mission village in the 1800s, with its economic health dependent on everything from cattle prices to the aerospace industry. Just a few years […]
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