February 2020 - W[REPORT]

Amazon Ramping Up Employment in Bellevue with Plans to Add Thousands of New Jobs

February 13, 2020

Amazon already has a major footprint in the Bellevue, with some 2,000 employees, but the e-commerce giant is continuing to expand its workforce in the city, wit...

LOCAL ECONOMY

Atari Brings Gaming Hotel to Seattle Complete with “Gaming Playgrounds”

February 13, 2020

Video game pioneer Atari is coming to Seattle in a big, new way. Working with GSD Group — a brand strategy company with ties to Apple co-founder Steve Wo...

LOCAL ECONOMY

Local Market Update – February 2020

February 13, 2020

New jobs and low interest rates continue to fuel the housing market boom. While January is traditionally a slower month for activity, the new year saw steady bu...

[THE STATE OF] REAL ESTATELOCAL ECONOMY

Seattle Home Sellers See Some of the Highest ROI in the Nation

February 13, 2020

As the housing boom continued to roar across the country and home prices soared in 2019, median home sales profits and returns-on-investment (ROI) achieved reco...

[THE STATE OF] REAL ESTATE

Local Builder Brings New Townhome Communities to Kirkland & Bellevue

February 13, 2020

Bellevue-based builder Quadrant Homes has introduced two new communities in Kirkland’s Totem Lake neighborhood and Bellevue’s Spring District. Featuring rooftop...

[THE STATE OF] REAL ESTATE

5 Cool New Smart Home Gadgets from CES 2020

February 13, 2020

An international springboard for consumer tech, the CES conference this year did not disappoint, with plenty of new technologies, gadgets galore and even innova...

ARCHI [TECH]

Incorporate Pantone’s Color of 2020 into Your Home

February 13, 2020

Classic Blue has officially been anointed Pantone’s 2020 “Color of the Year”. Pantone says it picked this color because of its ability to instill calm, co...

ARCHI [TECH]

Local Happenings: Feb-Mar 2020

February 13, 2020

Alki Oyster Fest February 16th At the third annual Oyster Fest on Alki Beach, slurp fresh Hama Hama oysters alongside a glass of wine or craft beer from West S...

HAPPENINGS

Windermere Foundation Reaches $40 Million Donation Milestone

February 11, 2020

As we head into a new decade, the Windermere Foundation reached a milestone in 2019 by raising nearly $3 million, bringing the grand total to over $40 million i...

WINDERMERE NEWS

Month: February 2020