Seattle Culture
Seattle Housing Experiences High Demands as Tech Companies Continue to Grow
As Housing Trends Normalize, Tech Titans Continue to Drive Demand into Seattle.
Sponsored by Realogics Sensational headlines too quick to call for a housing downturn may face pushback from expansion in the tech industry. Seattle remains the top tech-30 market in North America, according to the CBRE Tech Report, with high-tech jobs expanding 26 percent over the last two years. Colliers Research is tracking nearly 6.5 million…
Seattle’s Most Influential People of the Year 2018
We're raising a glass to those working to make this a better place— our 2018 Most Influential People of the Year
This article appears in print in the November 2018 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. There are plenty of reasons to bemoan the past 12 months: More and more people sleeping on sidewalks and in homeless camps. Ever-worsening traffic. Sky-high housing prices. A never-ending string of #MeToo revelations. Ongoing gun…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: Starbucks CEO, Kevin Johnson
Under his leadership, Starbucks has partnered with Mary’s Place, a shelter for homeless women, children and families, in the No Child Sleeps Outside campaign
He did the right thing: Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson, photographed at Starbucks HQ
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: The YIMBYs
The politically diverse movement has an active Seattle presence that is focused on saying yes to new density in urban neighborhoods
This article appears in print in the November 2018 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. YIMBY—the acronym stands for “yes in my backyard”—started as a national rebuke to so-called NIMBYs (“not in my backyard”), residents who oppose development in their neighborhoods. Today, the politically diverse movement has an active Seattle…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: Seattle Silence Breakers
Denise Krownbell and Gina Petry, leaders of Seattle Silence Breakers, are pushing our city to tackle sexual harassment, assault and gender-based discrimination
Silent no more: Denise Krownbell (left) and Gina Petry photographed in front of Seattle City Hall
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2018: The Journalists
'Seattle Times' columnist Gene Balk and 'Crosscut' staff are keeping Seattle in the know on trends, politics and more
The growing Crosscut staff including (seated in front, left to right) senior editor Joe Copeland, city reporter David Kroman, executive editor Greg Hanscom, managing editor Florangela Davila and digital editor Cambria Roth
Market Leaders Cite Strong Demand for Luxury Condominiums
Reservations for priority presales open at Spire Condiminiums two weeks ahead of sales debut.
Sponsored by Realogics Inc. Executives of Laconia Development and Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty (RSIR) announce the commencement of individual unit reservations at SPIRE – a new 347-unit, 41-story high-rise now under construction at 600 Wall Street in Belltown. Following a preview open house on October 13 and 14, the SPIRE sales team accepted 114 first…
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