SEATTLE-Colliers International's first-quarter vacancy rate survey shows a figure of 7.8% for Downtown, more than double the 3.5% recorded at the end of 2000. The amount of sublease space also has nearly doubled.
SEATTLE-Washington Mutual, now the second largest loan services company in the country, took over the 17th floor of the Wells Fargo Center on April 1, 2001. The Seattle-based thrift leased the space from Equity Office Properties.
POULSBO, WA-The publicly traded limited partnership acquires approximately 44,500 acres of timberland in southwest Washington from Plum Creek Timber Company Inc., a real estate investment trust.
BELLINGHAM, WA-Georgia-Pacific is closing permanently the Bellingham pulp mill it has operated since 1963 but "temporarily" shut down in December. Washington State has lost approximately 5,000 timber jobs in the past five years.
