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Amazon takes more space in SLU area

By Journal Staff

Vulcan Real Estate announced yesterday that Amazon.com is leasing 180,000 square feet of office space at 2201 Westlake in the South Lake Union neighborhood, confirming what the DJC first reported in January.

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Features

Oregon district to reopen century-old schoolhouse

By PATTI RICHTER

An $826,000 seismic rehabilitation grant will fund fortifications to the building's bricks and structural supports.


'Surprises everywhere we turn' in $69M Pike Place Market rehab

By LYNN PORTER

When you're working on a conglomeration of buildings constructed over decades, you're bound to run into some interesting stuff.


Buyer of 745 acres near Olympia offers cash, sand and gravel

By JOURNAL STAFF

Port of Tacoma officials said yesterday part of the payment for 745 acres the port is selling near Maytown in South Thurston County will come in the form of sand and gravel, as well as cash and other considerations.


Big homebuilders get billions in tax refunds

By ALEX VEIGA

Some small builders say the souped-up tax break is primarily giving their large rivals yet another competitive edge.


Tax break could bring more data centers here

State lawmakers passed a temporary sales-tax break for companies that build and operate server farms in rural areas.


ST renews office lease for 8% less

By Journal Staff

The rent that Sound Transit is paying for most of 625 Union Station is more than 8 percent lower than what the agency had been paying.


U.S. House passes Alpine Lakes bill

The U.S. House on Thursday passed a measure that would add 22,000 acres to Washington's Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area.


Green River flood risk is over: Corps

Army Corps of Engineers officials say they think the flood risk for the Green River Valley south of Seattle is over for this winter.


Hemingway's house a literary landmark

Ernest Hemingway's Key West home, where the American author lived in the 1930s, has been designated a literary landmark.


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