Seattle Mayor Proposes Incentive for Office Conversions Seattle & Northwest + Seattle + Office | March 18, 2024 Developers Break Ground on Missoula Housing Project Seattle & Northwest + Pacific Northwest + Apartments | March 15, 2024 CBRE Hires New Retail Duo in Seattle Seattle & Northwest + Seattle + Retail | March 18, 2024 FEATURED STORY Seattle & Northwest CRE News In Your Inbox. Sign up for Connect emails to stay informed with CRE stories that are 150 words or less. More Seattle & Northwest Stories More Stories Connect CRE & Industry Events Load MoreMore Events Hone your competitive edge today with Connect Classroom, an accredited online Continuing Education provider offering CRE focused courses you can take on demand. Earn the credit you need with engaging, thoughtfully designed courses for commercial real estate brokers, appraisers, lenders, architects, and lawyers from a news source you already know and trust. 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Mark Cosenza, senior vice president of Inland Acquisitions, with assistance from David Neboyskey, VP and associate counsel of The Inland Real Estate Group, LLC, Law Department, completed the deal on behalf of … Latest Pacific Northwest Stories Developers Break Ground on Missoula Housing Project Seattle & Northwest + Pacific Northwest + Apartments | March 15, 2024 Missoula Mayor Andrea Davis and local city representatives recently gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Scott Street-Ravara housing project. This marks the start of construction of the Community Land Trust portion of the project, Missoula’s largest development of income-restricted for-sale units. This project is one of Missoula’s top priorities and has been in the … EV Operators Land $15M Grant for PNW Charging Locations Seattle & Northwest + Pacific Northwest + Industrial | February 14, 2024 EVCS, a West Coast electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging network operator, and Energy Northwest, a joint operating agency in Washington state, have received $14.6 million from the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program by the U.S. Department of Transportation. 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The JLL Capital Markets Investment Sales Advisory team … CONAM Buys 170-Unit Portland Property for $34M Seattle & Northwest + Portland + | March 13, 2024 CONAM Strategic Investments Fund IV LP, a discretionary fund sponsored by The CONAM Group, has purchased the Skylar Grand, a 170-unit Class A multi-family community with 5,698 square feet of retail space in Portland, Oregon. This property adds to CONAM’s portfolio within Portland and is the first deal in Fund IV, which CONAM plans to … Latest Seattle Stories CBRE Hires New Retail Duo in Seattle Seattle & Northwest + Seattle + Retail | March 18, 2024 CBRE announced that Yohar Renaud and Kyle Herting have joined its retail practice in Seattle. Renaud and Herting both join as Vice Presidents and specialize in retail leasing across Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Renaud has worked with retailers for nearly a decade to expand across the Pacific Northwest. Prior to CBRE, he was senior vice … Seattle Mayor Proposes Incentive for Office Conversions Seattle & Northwest + Seattle + Office | March 18, 2024 Amid the ongoing housing crisis and the threat of loss of tax revenue, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is pushing to make it easier for property owners to convert commercial buildings for residential use. As part of his Downtown Activation Plan, Mayor Bruce Harrell has submitted new legislation to the City Council aimed at removing regulatory … Latest Washington Stories Kidder Mathews Sells Spokane Valley Apartment Complex Seattle & Northwest + Washington + Apartments | March 8, 2024 Max Frame of the Simon and Anderson team, a multifamily investment team at Kidder Mathews, represented the seller in the sale of an eight-unit apartment complex in Spokane Valley for $775,000. Through a competitive marketing approach, Frame and the team were able to generate multiple offers and ultimately sell the property to a local Spokane … Developers to Build New Home Depot in Spokane Seattle & Northwest + Washington + Retail | March 1, 2024 Developers have taken the next step in a project that would bring a new Home Depot store to a former Shopko retail site on Spokane’s South Hill, reported the Spokane Journal. Lars Andersen & Associates Inc. has filed for environmental approval for the project with Washington’s Department of Ecology. Construction could begin by summer, and … Latest Stories FromMidCap Advisors Hires Paul Kanarek as VP, EducationDirect Investment | March 18, 2024MidCap Advisors, a NY-based M&A advisory firm to private companies, has hired Paul Kanarek as vice president of education. Kanarek brings more than four decades of experience in the areas of strategy, M&A, investor relations and communications. Leveraging his experience assisting global education companies to go public as well as privately refinance, he will lead ...City of Austin Commits $90M to 1st Direct Lending FundAlternative Assets | March 18, 2024The City of Austin Employees’ Retirement System, which oversees $3 billion in assets, hired its first private credit fund with a $90 million commitment. The pension fund is slated to invest 1% to 3% of assets in private credit/direct lending. Initially, the investment is to be classified as fixed income – investment grade credit under ...AS Birch Grove Expands Senior Team with Goldman AlumAlternative Assets | March 18, 2024AS Birch Grove, an alternative investment manager focused on corporate credit opportunities in North America and Europe, appointed Todd Duker as managing director as interest in the collateralized loan obligation (CLO) market continues to rise. Duker brings nearly two decades of experience in structured products and CLOs. He was most recently a senior member of ...Ballistic Blasts Past Target with $360M RaiseAlternative Assets | March 18, 2024Ballistic Ventures, a San Francisco-based firm focused on early-stage cybersecurity and cyber-related companies, closed its oversubscribed $360 million second fund aimed to “fuel the next generation of cybersecurity innovation.” Since the firm’s launch in 2022 and the close of its $300 million maiden fund, it has now invested in 18 companies addressing challenges such as ...