SPOKANE, WA-Quality of life is said to factor into the medical boom here--attracting new residents and top talent. Add in a services community willing to spend big bucks on facilities, and everybody wins.

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, WA-Snapping up the second Interland Corp. property sold this year, the Snohomish County Housing Authority shelled out just $400,000 more than Interland paid when acquiring the 157-unit complex two years ago.

TACOMA, WA-The once contaminated Foss Waterway and the property along its banks are being revitalized thanks to the Foss Waterway Development Authority and private developers. The first completed project will be a glass art museum.

TACOMA, WA-Opus Northwest inks yet another extension for its option on a 1.15 acre downtown Tacoma site owned by the county, but there are no indications the company is prepared to move forward with development anytime in the near future.

TACOMA, WA-The Pierce County apartment market is hot, its office market has cooled significantly with the rest of Puget Sound and its industrial sector boasts the largest amount of new industrial construction in the region.

TACOMA, WA-The Pierce County apartment market is hot, its office market has cooled significantly with the rest of Puget Sound and its industrial sector boasts the largest amount of new industrial construction in the region.

BELLEVUE, WA-On the Eastside alone there are approximately 2.5 million sf of space up for sublease. Looking to re-tenant traditional office space is tough enough. But high-tech tenants are, at the moment, as scarce as the spotted owl.

SEATTLE-They may not be quite as astounding as the incredible numbers posted a few years ago, but vacancy rates in the five neighborhoods within the Seattle sub-market are still well below 5%, and rents continue to rise.