Department Archive: Real Estate
01/09/12
On one of the last warm summer days of 2011, a construction crew put up the black steel tower of a pile driver on the south side of King Street, just...
01/09/12
The stopped-clock theory of economic prognostication says that if a dead timepiece is still accurate twice a day, making the same prediction over and...
07/06/11
As CEO of Seattle-based Security Properties, John Orehek manages a rental empire that includes 17,000 residential units nationwide worth $1 billion....
05/26/11
Bob McCleskey, appointed CEO in 2008, miraculously survived a heart attack during a basketball game in March. Today he is taking advantage of a slow...
03/15/11
A master-planned community, says Greenstone Corporation’s Jason Wheaton, is “nothing more than a lot of small subdivisions.”
But instead of letting...
03/15/11
For the past three years, a curious feature has been added to the landscape of Washington: the subdivision with no houses.
Streets, cul-de-sacs,...
03/14/11
Despite high retail and office vacancy rates in the Portland-Vancouver metro area, developer Barry Cain is confident that the timing is right for...
Department Archive: GreenReal EstateRetail & Services
03/14/11
In 2008, Seattle-based Unico Properties had an exciting project in the works. After rolling out their “inhabit” design, factory-built modern...
Department Archive: GreenReal Estate
01/06/11
Walk to the light rail station and be whisked to work or the airport with no concern about parking or traffic jams. Stroll to neighborhood shops,...
01/06/11
What’s in the TOD grant
The $5 million Sustainable Communities grant to the Puget Sound Regional Council will fund a multipronged strategy to...
