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Commercial/Industrial Real Estate in South Seattle Market
My observations about the commercial/industrial real estate market have been greatly expanded since joining Colliers International. With a world-wide reach, Colliers is in the top ten on the planet for Leasing, Buying, Selling, Managing and Managing investment real estate. We had a visitor from the Shanghai China office sharing with us some of the differences in how the Chinese invest both in China and overseas, how they view cap rates and what the future looks like in real estate for Seattle and China. Once again, we are sitting on land that is at once closer to Asia than any other and which looks attractive to foreign investors wanting to get a toe-hold in America but that is also limited in its land mass for such investment. With only 5000 acres of industrial property in Seattle, investors will have to go elsewhere as our industrial zoned lands become more scarce in the future.
I have been out to the Port Orchard area where there is still some open land to purchase - reasonably. Once piece I have is over 18 acres, $360,000, less than two miles from the Southworth Ferry dock and with a view of Seattle. Due to zoning, the property can only accommodate one home every ten acres so I am trying to figure out a way to make it a recreational destination. Clear out the underbrush and put in small cabins/camping/scouting outings - all less than one hour from downtown Seattle! Any campground people out there? Call me to brainstorm this. I’ve uploaded some pictures to give you an idea of the place.
M&M IN CALIFORNIA
How fun that my adult children live in Santa Monica and San Diego. It makes for some great sunshiny visits. Recently we visited Will Rogers Estate/Museum, Buddhist Meditation Estate overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the new Japanese Gardens. I’ve included some of the photos.
TISH JOHNSON JOINS COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL
Tish has joined the Seattle office of Colliers International and is currently working in both seller and buyer representation with emphasis on South King County Commercial/Industrial markets.
Colliers International is one of the top three commercial real estate organizations in the world, providing integrated brokerage and management services to clients locally and globally.
What is a Print Broker? by Anna Castle
Just what does a printing broker do? Well, if you have have ever had a large, complex project to have printed and you spent a week learning the printing business, another week getting bids only to discover that the prices for different printers were considerably different for the same job. Now what? Printer #1 […]
Countrywide down for the count and CitiBank to follow?
What a greedy mess. San Diego real estate values have dropped 13% and predicted to go further down. SAN DIEGO - who would have thought? It is hard for us in Seattle to realize the impact this has on other parts of the US. I just talked to my daughter in Santa Monica and between the writer’s […]
Hawaii and the Holidays
My son, Dr. Monte R. Johnson (an assoc. prof. at Univ.Calif.San Diego) and daughter Mollie G. Johnson (a yoga instructor in Santa Monica) joined me in Hawaii for a pre-holiday vacation. We stayed right on Waikiki, the last hotel on the strip before entering the Park, Zoo and Diamond Head. Out our window on […]
January 16th 2008: business networking party and dinner at the Columbia Tower in Seattle
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Only RSVP invitees will be allowed to attend these exclusive events at the top of the Columbia Tower in Downtown Seattle!
You are cordially invited […]
Positive review about the first meeting of Seattlenetwork.net Gong Show!
See thenationalnetworker.com , it seems we have a journalist in our group, who reviewed our first meeting, great reading!
We actually plan to invite a few more this next meeting. We will not be in the library, cramped and standing up, we will be on the 40th floor in the awesome conference area in January on […]









