SEATTLE, WA-Though the area is wading through muddy economic conditions, a new research report expects the health of Seattle's retail sector to remain goodbuoyed by slowing development, low vacancy numbers and dropping interest rates that continue to support investment.

SEATTLE, WA-Though the area is wading through muddy economic conditions, a new research report expects the health of Seattle's retail sector to remain goodbuoyed by slowing development, low vacancy numbers and dropping interest rates that continue to support investment.

SPOKANE, WA-The newly-selected design team of Integrus and LMN Architects is tasked with studying alternative sites and preparing preliminary designs and budgets for the proposed expansion, which could lose$30 million in funding if it isn't underway by the end of 2002.

SEATTLE, WA-Slowly, guests are returning to hotels, planning holiday events and getting on with some travel -- with some differences. Chris Burdett with Colliers International Hotels says outlying areas are picking up additional business and security is the No. 1 priority.

SEATTLE, WA-Slowly, guests are returning to hotels, planning holiday events and getting on with some travel -- with some differences. Chris Burdett with Colliers International Hotels says outlying areas are picking up additional business and security is the No. 1 priority.

SEATTLE, WA-Another up-scale apartment complex opens in Belltown, facing the same slowdown as the rest of the urban neighborhood. Colliers' expert Morris Groberman says the market is tough now, but it may soon round a corner to better days.

SEATTLE, WA-A local broker says activity in this submarket seems to have been paralyzed since Sept. 11. The good news: this segment of Seattle's industrial market has nearly a 98% occupancy rate with which to wait out the storm.

TACOMA, WA-Karl Smith, managing director with Frank Russell, an investment strategies firm that has more than $66 billion in assets under management, says "real estate has evolved.