Real Estate

Aug 20, 2019, 9:44 AM

Amazon HQ2 becomes nation’s most competitive region for home buyers as Seattle market cools

Amazon hasn’t broken ground on its first HQ2 building in Northern Virginia yet but its plans to build a 25,000-person… Read More

Aug 19, 2019, 2:00 AM

Modular smart-home startup Blokable raises $23M, plans new California manufacturing facility

Blokable, the Seattle-based startup aiming to transform how housing is developed, raised $23 million to expand its manufacturing capabilities as… Read More

Aug 16, 2019, 4:10 PM

Gov. Inslee helps Bluebird Bio open new ‘nest’ for cancer research efforts in Seattle

Bluebird Bio is growing its nest in Seattle. The leading biotech company held a ribbon-cutting event Friday to celebrate the… Read More

Aug 15, 2019, 6:00 AM

In a field of giants, Seattle startup Flyhomes raises $141M in debt and equity to disrupt home-buying

Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes is reloading its war chest with $141 million in new funding to carve out a… Read More

Aug 7, 2019, 10:16 AM

Adaptive Biotechnologies will triple size of its Seattle HQ following IPO

Adaptive Biotechnologies is charting a massive expansion of its Seattle headquarters following the completion of a recent initial public offering.… Read More

Aug 7, 2019, 8:38 AM

Google’s Seattle-area footprint skyrockets to nearly 2M square feet, fueling region’s tech space race

Google’s appetite for office space across the Seattle region has intensified in recent years, and it is on the verge… Read More

Aug 6, 2019, 4:00 AM

Commercial real estate marketing tech startup Remarkably raises more cash to meet early demand

Remarkably is raising more cash to meet early demand for its technology that helps apartment rental building owners, managers, investors,… Read More

Aug 5, 2019, 11:39 AM

Rapidly growing Zillow Offers direct home sales program opens in 15th market, with more to come

Zillow Group is betting its future on directly buying and selling homes, and it is rapidly expanding the service across… Read More

Jul 30, 2019, 3:20 AM

Fast-growing real estate heavyweight Compass raises $370M at $6.4B valuation

High-tech real estate brokerage Compass has a new mountain of cash to continue building out its technology platform and grow… Read More

Jul 25, 2019, 8:45 AM

Smart light switch startup Deako lands $3.5M to speed up production for homebuilders

Seattle startup Deako raised $3.5 million to kick production of its “plug and play” smart light switches into high gear.… Read More

Jul 23, 2019, 10:25 AM

High-flying Indian budget hotel startup Oyo hires ex-Uber GM to lead new Seattle office

Oyo, a six-year-old hotel startup that has already grown to dominate the budget hospitality scene in India and China, is… Read More

Jul 12, 2019, 10:13 AM

Expedia begins 90-day countdown to new Seattle campus, preparing for major move across region

Expedia Group has started the countdown clock to the opening of its shiny new waterfront headquarters campus in Seattle. The… Read More

Jul 11, 2019, 6:00 AM

Real estate rivals Redfin and Opendoor join forces in surprising home-buying partnership

Homeowners looking to sell their homes in Phoenix and Atlanta can now get a cash offer on Redfin’s website. However,… Read More

Jul 10, 2019, 12:43 PM

Zillow Group and Compass settle no-compete dispute between real estate heavyweights

Zillow Group and Compass have settled a pair of lawsuits that accused the SoftBank-backed high-tech brokerage of stealing Zillow intellectual… Read More

Jul 3, 2019, 3:26 PM

Public records reveal another potential giant Amazon tower in Bellevue

Amazon’s plan to build its tallest tower yet in Bellevue, Wash., could be just the beginning of the company’s ambitions… Read More

Jul 2, 2019, 10:26 AM

Salesforce real estate footprint at ‘HQ2’ in Seattle area reaches 650K square feet with Tableau deal

When Salesforce completes its deal to buy Tableau Software for $15.7 billion, establishing Seattle as its self-proclaimed HQ2 in the… Read More

Jun 27, 2019, 12:01 AM

Zillow launches retooled Zestimate that uses AI to analyze photographs and ‘see’ value in homes

Zillow may have paid $1 million to the winners of its Zillow Prize, a competition aimed at improving its long-running… Read More

Jun 24, 2019, 8:02 AM

Apple to unveil details of massive Seattle expansion at big new office complex in Amazon’s backyard

Update: Apple plans to grow to 2,000 employees in Seattle, adding 200 by the end of the year. Read our follow-up… Read More

Jun 21, 2019, 9:57 AM

Healthcare tech company Accolade to double headcount in Seattle with new HQ office

Four years after establishing a second headquarters in Seattle, healthcare technology company Accolade is betting big on the city once… Read More

Jun 19, 2019, 9:18 AM

First look: Inside Microsoft’s plan to reboot its original Redmond campus

REDMOND, Wash. — Today it takes 22 minutes to walk from one end of Microsoft’s sprawling 500-acre headquarters to the… Read More

Jun 18, 2019, 6:00 AM

Real estate giant JLL teams up with Google on new digital assistant app for office workers, challenging Alexa and Cortana

JLL is one of the world’s top real estate companies, managing crown jewel buildings across the globe and helping some… Read More

Jun 11, 2019, 10:51 AM