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Sage Lodge welcomes Jon Martin as general manager

Sage Lodge welcomes Jon Martin as general manager

Sage Lodge, an outdoors-focused resort located in the idyllic Paradise Valley 30 miles north of Yellowstone National…

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Urban Renaissance Group buys Vail Resorts HQ, neighboring building for $103M

Urban Renaissance Group’s footprint continues to grow in the Denver region, where it is the new owner…

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Celebrating Women in Construction Week: Jolene Logue, PacWest Machinery

Atlas Copco Power Technique joins The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) to celebrate Women in Construction…

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Amazon to open its 7th Seattle Go convenience store

Like the company’s larger Amazon Go Grocery stores, Go stores allow customers to shop without stopping at…

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Out West

Top among spectacular drives in the United States is the road between the northern tip of Yellowstone…

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URG Opens Canvas at Press Blocks in PDX Stadium District

Seattle-based Urban Renaissance Group LLC (URG), in partnership with Security Properties and Invesco Real Estate, delivered Canvas…

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PacWest Machinery Announces Opening of New Dealership

Seattle, WA (October 26, 2020) – PacWest Machinery has announced the opening of its newest branch in…

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Escape crowds this winter in snowy southwest Montana

We didn’t know it at the time, but our escape to Montana earlier this year was the…

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Bridge, Touchstone and GGLO to develop Sound Transit site

Sound Transit put out a request for proposals last December for affordable housing developers at its Operations…

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Best Hotels in Montana

U.S. News & World Report ranks the best hotels in Montana based on an analysis of industry…

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Travel Destinations Ready to Welcome You This Summer

Spending the last three months cooped up at home makes us all itch for a family vacation,…

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Creativity and Community Collaboration in Moments of Crisis

Bob Bray of Dairy Distributing, Inc. — transporter of products for such brands as Edaleen Dairy, Smith…

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These Montana Dude Ranches Redefine ‘Roughing It’

“TO BE A ‘DUDE’ is to be out of place,” explains Bryce Street, executive director of the…

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10 Presidents’ Day Weekend Ideas for Adventurers

This Presidents’ Day, take the weekend to go beyond your comfort zone. Whether that means snow biking…

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Denver company sells interest in big Bellevue office campus

King County posted a sales affidavit showing the price was $114.5 million, or about $34 million more…

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Global groups snap up 3 Seattle-area trophies for more than $1.7B

New York-based KKR on Monday said it paid over $1.2 billion for the Summit campus in Bellevue…

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Businesses, residents recognized during 2019 Chamber gala

The Chamber presented nine awards in a variety of categories during the gala and dinner at the…

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Seattle Office Towers Trade in Record-Breaking $740M Deal

Ponte Gadea, a real estate investment firm led by Spanish billionaire Amancio Ortega, has acquired two Amazon-occupied…

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Foundation for the Future

This summer, I spent a significant amount of time addressing the questions of young people who are…

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PacWest Machinery Announces New Dealership

Seattle, WA (September 6, 2018) – PacWest Machinery has announced the purchase of land in Spokane Valley,…

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Sale of Bellingham Cold Storage Ends 72 Years of Talbot-Only Ownership

Far beyond. BCS is the largest portside cold-storage facility on the West Coast and conducts international commerce….

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The Best Thing to Do in Every State This Summer: Northwest

Looking for things to do in the American Northwest? These states come alive in the sunlit days…

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Sage Lodge set to open

Take 10 steps into the new Sage Lodge near Emigrant. The giant window in the hotel lobby…

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The Angling Report

The Sage brand has been synonymous with quality fly rods since its inception in the early 80s….

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Sage Lodge to Open in Summer 2018 as Inspiring Destination on Yellowstone River

EMIGRANT, Mont. (October 9, 2017) – Situated on more than a mile of Yellowstone riverfront, Sage Lodge…

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Foundation to Long-Term Investing

“We invest for the long-term,” or “we have a longer-term investment horizon than other investors,” are examples…

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Eastgate is the Eastside’s new hot office market

The nondescript I-90 corridor lacks the glitz of downtown Bellevue, yet investors are swooping in with big…

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Tableau Software has a new landlord in Wallingford

New York City-based Clarion acquired the four-story building called NorthEdge from the companies that developed the building…

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How Pat Callahan Built Urban Renaissance Group on a Foundation of Values

In The Human Factor, we will explore the people side of real estate. Through a series of…

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A-P Hurd steps down as head of development company Touchstone

In a blockbuster deal three years ago, Touchstone was acquired by another Seattle-based company, Urban Renaissance Group….

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Far Bank Enterprises names Larry Barrett as President and CEO

Barrett had been in the role on an interim basis since January, when former CEO Travis Campbell…

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PacWest Machinery Hires Brian Burke as Branch Manager

PacWest Machinery announces that Brian Burke has joined the company as branch manager at its Kent, Wash.,…

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Metso Welcomes PacWest Machinery to Dealer Network

Metso continues to strengthen its North American distributor network with the recent addition of PacWest Machinery based…

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Living Our Values

“Most business problems require common sense rather than legal reference. They require good judgment and honesty of…

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Stan McCammon Borrows from Warren Buffett’s Playbook

Seattle businessman Joshua Green did a lot of things right when he built his fortune during the…

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Seattle investor’s expansion in Denver continues with $23M acquisition

URG paid a subsidiary of Tribune Media Co. $23 million for the three-story100 Speer building near downtown….

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Far Bank Enterprises underscores smart planning, supportive company culture

Far Bank Enterprises, Inc., the parent company of Sage Manufacturing, Redington and RIO Products, announced today that…

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Business Has a PR Problem

This recent electoral season has me reflecting on several issues of concern. One area that I continually…

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Allied Works’ renovated Oregonian building will be a Showstopper

About ten years ago, I began making trips to the Oregonian building on a regular basis while…

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PacWest Machinery Names Jolene Logue as President

PacWest Machinery of Seattle, Washington today announced that Jolene Logue will be joining the company as President…

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PacWest Machinery Acquires Assets of Clyde/West, Inc.

PacWest Machinery LLC of Seattle, Washington announced today the acquisition of the operating assets of Clyde/West, Inc.,…

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Two Prominent Real Estate Firms Align

SEATTLE –December 18,2014,– Seattle-based real estate firms Urban Renaissance Group LLC (URG) and Touchstone today announced an…

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Outdoor Industry Association Recognizes Travis Campbell

Outdoor Industry Association® (OIA) presented its annual OIA Advocacy Leadership Awards to Rafferty Jackson of VF Outdoor,…

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JGC makes Major Investment in Seattle-based URG

SEATTLE – November 8th, 2012 – The Joshua Green Corporation (JGC), a Seattle-based investment firm, today announced…

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Vance Corp. sells Plaza 600 building in Seattle’s South Lake Union for $54.9M

Vance Corp.has sold its Plaza 600 Building to Seattle’s Joshua Green Corp. for $54.9 million, a transaction…

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Manufacturer of the Year (Small Company)

Manufacturing didn’t cause the Great Recession, but it certainly felt the effects. Now it’s leading the charge…

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JGC acquires Cuizina Food Company

Cuizina is a leading manufacturer of soups and sauces, selling its quality products into a variety of…

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Two Historic Seattle-based Companies announce Partnership

Pacific Market International (PMI), the Seattle-based owner of iconic food and beverage brands Aladdin and Stanley, announced…

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Historic Seattle Building to become Modern Real Estate Player

Downtown Seattle’s tight office market is allowing one historic, but outdated, office building to plot a move…

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