News Archive

• Hard Rock Cafe vs. Seattle Art Museum: What would Kurt Cobain say?
  The Seattle Times - February 2, 2010
• Giant Cobain-inspired guitar marks Seattle's new Hard Rock Cafe
  Seattle PI - January 25, 2010
• Hard Rock to open in February
  Daily Journal of Commerce - January 11, 2010
• Hard Rock hires for Pike Street café opening in Feb
  The Seattle Times - December 30, 2009
• New Seattle Hard Rock Café to hire 140
  Puget Sound Business Journal - December 23, 2009
• Another tower sent back to drawing board
  The Seattle Times - December 6, 2009
• Smith now proposes 340 apartments for his 2nd & Pike site
  Daily Journal of Commerce - December 3, 2009
• WSDOT pays developer $44.7M for land it needs for viaduct job
  Daily Journal of Commerce - November 25, 2009
• Questions for: Rajeev Singh
  Puget Sound Business Journal - July 24, 2009
• PubliCola
  Daily Journal of Commerce - July 1, 2009
• Seattle plugs in to go electric
  Puget Sound Business Journal - June 5, 2009
• Greg Smith buys stake in PubliCola
  The Stranger - June 1, 2009
• Developer buys stake in PubliCola news site
  Puget Sound Business Journal - June 1, 2009
• Hard Rock still on tap to open downtown in July
  Seattle PI - March 9, 2009
• AEC firms measure carbon and cut costs
  Daily Journal of Commerce - January 26, 2009
• Developer weighs run for Mayor
  Seattle PI - November 20, 2008
• Developer Greg Smith may run for Seattle mayor
  Crosscut - November 13, 2008
• Give waterfront back to the people
  Seattle PI - September 18, 2008
• Cities don’t always need grand scheme to make meaningful changes
  Puget Sound Business Journal - September 5, 2008
• Hard Rock Cafe to open in Seattle
  The Seattle Times - September 5, 2008
• Arrival of iconic music ’n’ memorabilia cafe may gentrify gritty slice of downtown Seattle
  Puget Sound Business Journal - September 5, 2008
• NAIOP summer social
  The Seattle Times - July 3, 2008
• City plans taller buildings in Pioneer Square, International District
  The Seattle Times - June 21, 2008
• Candela hotel-condo project design boasts striking touches of nature
  The Seattle Times - June 15, 2008
• $4.4M winning bid for INS building
  Daily Journal of Commerce - May 22, 2008
• Belltown hotel, residential
  Daily Journal of Commerce - May 13, 2008
• Simple tools used to envision solutions for complex problems
  Seattle PI - April 30, 2008
• INS Building fetches $4.4M in latest bidding
  Daily Journal of Commerce - April 16, 2008
• Waterfront streetcar: Is it gone for good?
  The Seattle Times - April 11, 2008
• Waterfront streetcar likely won't roll again for a decade
  Seattle PI - April 11, 2008
• $4.4 million bid for INS building
  Seattle PI - April 11, 2008
• City taking donations for South Lake Union study
  Daily Journal of Commerce - April 10, 2008
• Breaking news waterfront trolley dead
  The Stranger - April 9, 2008
• Board to get update on trolley project
  Daily Journal of Commerce - March 7, 2008
• 62 Pioneer Square units, retail, office
  Daily Journal of Commerce - February 19, 2008
• Bill manages growth with a green hue
  Seattle PI - February 14, 2008
• Stadium East upzone
  Daily Journal of Commerce - February 11, 2008
• How the tallest, most expensive new downtown condo is keeping everyone else at ankle height
  The Seattle Weekly - February 6, 2008
• Architecture and engineering
  Daily Journal of Commerce - February 6, 2008
• Old INS building goes on sale Feb 7
  Seattle PI - January 4, 2008
• Old INS building to be sold eBay-style
  Seattle PI - December 18, 2007
• Waterfront streetcar
  Daily Journal of Commerce - December 11, 2007
• How many streetcars do we desire?
  Seattle PI - December 7, 2007
• Smith sells site near Qwest Field for $29M
  Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) - November 30, 2007
• Trolley barn project is still rolling along
  Daily Journal of Commerce - November 19, 2007
• No city plans for INS building
  The Seattle Times - November 15, 2007
• Another Protected Downtown Landmark, Another Development Squabble
  The Seattle Weekly - November 14, 2007
• INS Building to be auctioned off
  Daily Journal of Commerce - November 13, 2007
• Sexy Green
  Pac NW Magazine - October 7, 2007
• Pigott starts new hotel chain here
  Daily Journal of Commerce - September 24, 2007
• Luxury hotel to be built in Seattle
  Seattle PI - September 21, 2007
• Hotel Delux — new face joins fray for guest
  Puget Sound Business Journal - September 21, 2007
• Where does that construction waste go?
  Daily Journal of Commerce - September 20, 2007
• Urban Visions plans upscale hotel/condo tower
  Daily Journal of Commerce - August 20, 2007
• Best Downtown Coffee Entrepreneur/Philosopher: Ali Ghambari
  The Seattle Weekly - August 1, 2007
• Contractors slow to climb on the green bandwagon
  Daily Journal of Commerce - July 30, 2007
• Pioneer Square fire festival a hot tradition
  The Seattle Times - July 5, 2007
• Two opposing sides vie for future of historic building
  Real Change News - June 27, 2007
• WSDOT buy building that sits under viaduct
  Daily Journal of Commerce - June 20, 2007
• Al Clise says sale of his family property could 'reshape this city'
  Daily Journal of Commerce - June 18, 2007
• City looks at ways to update Seattle Center
  Daily Journal of Commerce - June 13, 2007
• Condos springing up near Pike Place Market
  Seattle PI - May 25, 2007
• WSDOT prepared to start this fall on $915M viaduct work
  Daily Journal of Commerce - May 18, 2007
• Protecting Safeco Field's view would benefit fans, taxpayers
  Puget Sound Business Journal - May 11, 2007
• Field of Schemes
  The Stranger - May 9, 2007
• Safeco Fields views: Going, going, gone?
  The Seattle Times - April 28, 2007
• WSDOT buys $30M site for viaduct work
  Daily Journal of Commerce - April 19, 2007
• State buys land for work on viaduct project
  The Seattle Times - April 19, 2007
• Smith sells site near Qwest Field for $29 M
  Puget Sound Business Journal - April 19, 2007
• Double tall
  The Seattle Weekly - April 4, 2007
• Many Seattle, Bellevue office buildings being sold for second time in 2007
  The Seattle Times - March 21, 2007
• Groups want INS building for environmental hub or affordable housing
  Seattle PI - March 21, 2007
• At least 2 parties have eyes for old INS building
  Seattle PI - March 19, 2007
• Beacon Capital jumps into portfolio flipping pool
  Puget Sound Business Journal - March 9, 2007
• Code tiff
  Puget Sound Business Journal - February 23, 2007
• 5-star hotel planned on Pike
  Puget Sound Business Journal - February 23, 2007
• Anti-viaduct donations spike to $414,296 before limit deadline
  The Seattle Times - February 22, 2007
• In viaduct campaign, money flows to "anti-elevated" group
  The Seattle Times - February 21, 2007
• Pioneer Square trolley barn advances
  Seattle PI - January 11, 2007
• City looking at ways to develop Pioneer Square
  Daily Journal of Commerce - January 4, 2007
• Trolley barn gets support from council
  Daily Journal of Commerce - December 8, 2006
• Owners loving payoffs from 'green' retrofits
  Puget Sound Business Journal - December 8, 2006
• Trolley barn site is back on track
  The Seattle Times - December 7, 2006
• Urban Visions pays $3.33M for Liberty pawnshop building
  Puget Sound Business Journal - October 6, 2006
• Pike parcel's sale pending
  Puget Sound Business Journal - September 1, 2006
• Heads Up
  The Stranger - July 20, 2006
• Everyone's a size queen
  The Oregonian - July 19, 2006
• A desire named streetcar
  The Seattle Times - July 3, 2006
• Developer, city go back and forth on trolley project
  Daily Journal of Commerce - July 3, 2006
• Property owners predict a profit if viaduct goes away
  Seattle PI - July 3, 2006
• Waterfront streetcar: Smell something?
  Seattle PI - June 30, 2006
• Trolley-maintenance barn plan on hold; streetcar future unclear
  The Seattle Times - June 29, 2006
• Circling the square
  Seattle Weekly - June 28, 2006
• Seattle waterfront streetcar in jeopardy
  Seattle PI - June 28, 2006
• Mayor eyes special 'tunnel tax'
  Seattle PI - June 22, 2006
• Soaring materials costs hit projects
  Puget Sound Business Journal - June 9, 2006
• Plans for Sodo freight corridor stall
  Seattle PI - April 18, 2006
• High-rise boom coming to Seattle?
  The Seattle Times - April 4, 2006
• Greg Smith development saga starts new chapter
  Puget Sound Business Journal - March 31, 2006
• Gore praises Seattle's efforts in combating global warming
  The Seattle Times - March 25, 2006
• Mayor's global warming panel backs new taxes and toll roads
  Daily Journal of Commerce - March 24, 2006
• 43-story residential tower for 5th, Marion
  Daily Journal of Commerce - March 23, 2006
• Urban Visions
  Daily Journal of Commerce - March 16, 2006
• Felled trees from Occidental Park go to furniture company
  Seattle PI - March 8, 2006
• Smith unfurls $750 million plan near Stadium
  Puget Sound Business Journal - March 6, 2006
• Aiming higher around Sodo
  Seattle PI - March 4, 2006
• Smith eyes another project on Pike
  Daily Journal of Commerce - March 2, 2006
• Beacon adds condo tower to Fifth Avenue project
  Daily Journal of Commerce - February 22, 2006
• High-Rise Noon
  Seattle Weekly - February 1, 2006
• Time to turn South Downtown into an ecotopia
  Daily Journal of Commerce - February 1, 2006
• Real Estate buzz: changes may come at Clise Property
  Daily Journal of Commerce - December 1, 2005
• Buyers step up for Millennium Condos
  Puget Sound Business Journal - November 25, 2005
• Brewery eyes space in Pioneer Square
  Daily Journal of Commerce - November 23, 2005
• Full steam ahead on new trolley barn
  Daily Journal of Commerce - November 16, 2005
• $7.5 million OK'd for new trolley barn
  Seattle PI - November 15, 2005
• Greg Smith's firm is now Urban Visions
  Daily Journal of Commerce - November 4, 2005
• First BetterBricks winners are named
  Daily Journal of Commerce - October 31, 2005
• Streetcar garage project could reach 11 stories
  Daily Journal of Commerce - October 7, 2005
• Next big urban push takes shape around Sodo
  Seattle PI - September 19, 2005
• City OK's $1M for trolley barn
  Daily Journal of Commerce - September 13, 2005
• BC planners: make city more family friendly
  Daily Journal of Commerce - August 9, 2005
• The skinny on a new skyline
  The Seattle Times - July 16, 2005
• New site eyed for streetcar garage could be key to expansion, too
  Seattle PI - June 21, 2005
• Smith strikes deal for trolley barn
  Daily Journal of Commerce - June 21, 2005
• Preserve land use standards that protect our families
  The Seattle Times - May 5, 2005
• RFP for north lot coming out soon
  Daily Journal of Commerce - April 29, 2005
• Stadium lot kickoff near
  Puget Sound Business Journal - April 29, 2005
• Residences could replace office use at 900 Fourth
  Puget Sound Business Journal - April 22, 2005
• Seattle leads 'green' wave in building
  Seattle PI - April 22, 2005
• Smith has high hopes for $8M redo of Reedo
  Daily Journal of Commerce - March 24, 2005
• Talk of delay for Nickels' proposal to boost density
  Daily Journal of Commerce - March 9, 2005
• Design Perspectives: Is Seattle in danger of losing its LEED?
  Daily Journal of Commerce - February 23, 2005
• Central Building hits the market
  Daily Journal of Commerce - February 8, 2005
• $5.7M paid for Fairview office
  Daily Journal of Commerce - January 20, 2005
• First United Methodist Church – Design Summary
  Washington Trust - October 15, 2004
• Let's learn about 'smart growth' quickly
  Daily Journal of Commerce - October 7, 2004
• Beacon Capital ties up Union Bank building
  Puget Sound Business Journal - September 23, 2004
• Terminal 46 makeover? Port says it's not likely
  Daily Journal of Commerce - August 11, 2004
• Developer Smith captures key corner lot for project
  Puget Sound Business Journal - August 6, 2004
• Smith pushing for slim tower at 2nd and Pike
  Daily Journal of Commerce - July 15, 2004
• 3rd and Pike retail to get a revamp
  Daily Journal of Commerce - June 16, 2004
• Real Estate group emerges from hibernation
  Daily Journal of Commerce - June 9, 2004
• Bringing green ideas home to NW
  Daily Journal of Commerce - May 11, 2004
• Smith pays $19M for two properties
  Daily Journal of Commerce - May 11, 2004
• That roof over your head may one day turn green
  Daily Journal of Commerce - May 5, 2004
• Like Seattle only smaller
  Puget Sound Business Journal - April 30, 2004
• Smith will ask city for taller tower
  Puget Sound Business Journal - April 30, 2004
• The future of terminal 46: Cargo or condos?
  The Seattle Times - April 4, 2004
• Three men and a vision
  Washington CEO - April 1, 2004
• Dreams are taking shape of a city reunited with a vibrant waterfront
  The Seattle Times - February 22, 2004
• Gates talks to architects for campus
  Daily Journal of Commerce - February 13, 2004
• Stadium's north lot has big potential, but big probs
  Daily Journal of Commerce - February 6, 2004
• Gates Foundation eyes huge new campus in Seattle
  The Seattle Times - February 5, 2004
• Time for cars on Occidental again?
  Daily Journal of Commerce - January 29, 2004
• At Second and Pike, a renewable city
  The Seattle Times - January 23, 2004
• Changing the height rules for downtown
  Puget Sound Business Journal - January 23, 2004
• Builders go on eco-tour
  Puget Sound Business Journal - January 16, 2004
• Developer wants taller buildings
  Puget Sound Business Journal - January 16, 2004
• Newsmakers of 2003
  Puget Sound Business Journal - December 26, 2003
• Mayor wants Seattle to grow up and slim down
  Daily Journal of Commerce - December 15, 2003
• A new corridor may be coming down the Pike
  Daily Journal of Commerce - December 11, 2003
• Friends share SODO vision
  Puget Sound Business Journal - December 5, 2003
• SMP: urban design, not finances, drives study of one-track monorail
  Daily Journal of Commerce - October 24, 2003
• Greg Smith gears up for multifamily
  Daily Journal of Commerce - October 14, 2003
• Monorail plan raising questions and concerns
  Puget Sound Business Journal - October 3, 2003
• Monorail stop at the stadiums now uncertain
  Seattle PI - October 2, 2003
• Take a fast train over the silly path
  Seattle PI - October 2, 2003
• No monorail through downtown, some urge
  Seattle PI - October 1, 2003
• After years of looking for room, it's all coming together for Cornish
  Seattle PI - September 18, 2003
• Some property owners pushing for monorail to skip downtown
  Daily Journal of Commerce - September 15, 2003
• Stadium Area site picked for music hall, restaurant
  Daily Journal of Commerce - September 11, 2003
• Smith aims to bring a little fun to stadium district site
  Daily Journal of Commerce - August 25, 2003
• SODO vision group plans display center
  Daily Journal of Commerce - August 21, 2003
• Smith eyes luxury condo tower for 2nd and Pike
  Daily Journal of Commerce - August 18, 2003
• Ambitious visions for SODO, Pioneer Square
  Seattle PI - July 17, 2003
• In Depth commerical real estate quarterly
  Puget Sound Business Journal - June 27, 2003
• Greg Smith ready to head down the coast
  Daily Journal of Commerce - June 5, 2003
• Millennium Tower office portion sold
  Daily Journal of Commerce - June 3, 2003
• Millennium Tower office sale set to close next week
  Puget Sound Business Journal - May 30, 2003
• Pioneer Square area shows signs of a rebirth
  Puget Sound Business Journal - May 2, 2003
• Pioneer Square Plan Revisited
  Seattle PI - April 11, 2003
• H Martin Smith, a Real Estate Giant, Dead at 79
  Seattle PI - April 8, 2003
• Wheeler-dealer in real estate, ex marine, dies - April 8, 2003
• The Other Broderick
  Seattle PI - March 31, 2003
• The Insider: Handing out nickels may pay off for Amazon
  Seattle PI - March 31, 2003
• Branching Out: Martin Smith's son set to start new
  Puget Sound Business Journal - March 28, 2003
• Office portion of Millenium Tower may be sold
  Puget Sound Business Journal - March 7, 2003
• Big urban playground for south of downtown?
  The Seattle Times - February 7, 2003
• Developers unveil their vision for new waterfront.
  Daily Journal of Commerce - February 7, 2003
• Dramatic New Vision for Pioneer Square
  Seattle PI - February 7, 2003
• Envisioning Seattle's Future
  Daily Journal of Commerce - February 2, 2003
• Greg Smith leaves family firm to start his own
  Daily Journal of Commerce - January 24, 2003