Regions West | Seattle/Portland
B2 Announces Seattle  Entertainment Venue Plans
April 1, 2008

Plans to build a 100 percent privately financed entertainment facility designed to host professional basketball and hockey in downtown Seattle were announced today by B2 Inc., called The Emerald City Center. The multi-purpose sports-entertainment-exposition complex is being developed by B2, a Seattle-based consulting company. Its design will meet the facility standards of both the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League. In addition to professional sports, the facility will feature exposition pavilions and serve as a cultural center for Pacific Northwest Native Americans and other local ethnic groups. B2 has identified five potential locations for the venue; three sites in Seattle’s SoDo district near Safeco Field, Pier 46 on the waterfront between Qwest Field and Safeco and the Seattle Center.

 
Recent Seattle/Portland Headlines
Work Gets Underway on $200M Portland Seniors Housing Property
May 14, 2008
Construction has commenced on Mirabella, a 30-story continuing care retirement community site on one acre in Portland's South Waterfront submarket.
Rise in Oregon Vineyards Means Expansion for Wine Center
May 13, 2008 - Source: The Oregonian
The increase in the wine country's commercial facilities -- growing from 200 five years ago to more than 350 today -- has prompted a $3.5 million expansion for Oregon Wine Services and Storage.
Bellevue Square Shopping Center Undergoing $40M Renovation
May 06, 2008
Kemper Development Co. is giving the Bellevue Square regional shopping center a long overdue makeover, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Microsoft to Pre-Lease 571,800SF Office Building in Bellevue
May 05, 2008
Software giant Microsoft has committed to leasing City Center Plaza, a 571,800-square-foot office building currently being developed in Bellevue by Wright Runstad & Co. and Beacon Capital Partners, the Seattle Times reports.
OliverMcMillan to Turn Former Everett Landfill into Mixed-Use Development
May 02, 2008
OliverMcMillan, a privately held San Diego–based developer, has purchased a mostly vacant 140-acre site from the City of Everett, Wash., for redevelopment as a mixed-use project. The price for the land alone was $8 million, according to a spokesperson for the city. Pre-development costs are estimated at $50 million, and an additional $400 million in development costs is projected.