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Seattle Office Market Outlook

Adapting to the New Normal: Demand Shifts, Repurposing Assets, Modern Workspaces, Class A Projects and Flight to Quality Trends

Event Ended On: Tuesday August 12 2025

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Seattle’s Office Evolution: Demand, Development, and Repurposing Assets

Responding to Demand Shifts, Reassessing Portfolios, and Unlocking New Value Through Repositioning and Strategic Upgrades

Wende Miller

Wende Miller

Principal, Talon Private Capital

The Experience-Driven Office: What’s Next?

How Today’s Most Forward-Thinking Offices Foster Collaboration, Productivity, and Well-Being

What You'll Learn:

What You’ll Learn:

  • Understand how the Seattle office market is adjusting to the increase in vacancy rates, which rose to 31.2%, and the implications for leasing and tenant demand.
  • Discover the strategies developers are using to revitalize office assets through upgrades, repositioning, and flight-to-quality trends.
  • Gain insights into how asset management practices are adapting to address the challenges and opportunities in the current office market.
  • Explore the latest design trends, amenities, and flexible layouts shaping the future of office environments.
  • Learn what tenants are seeking in today’s office market, including health-conscious features, flexibility, and advanced technologies.
  • Dive into the development and delivery strategies being used to repurpose office spaces and meet the evolving needs of modern tenants.
  • Explore the shifting dynamics in Seattle’s office market and how these changes are shaping the city’s future office space landscape.

 

How You’ll Do More Business: Despite the high vacancy rates in Seattle’s office market, owners and developers are getting creative with repurposing existing assets and upgrading buildings, while major companies like Netflix are entering the downtown office market. Join us at our annual office event as we dive into flight-to-quality trends, strategic upgrades, delivery, amenities, modern workspaces, and what tenants are looking for in their office spaces.

 

Who You’ll Meet During Networking: Owners, developers, investors, brokers, city and government officials, business consultants, architects, engineers, lawyers, accountants, and bankers.

 

Why You Should Attend This Session: Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to help you identify opportunities, build your network, and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than we do.

 

For questions, recommendations, comments, or press inquiries please email our event producer, Bora Altunay, at  bora.altunay@bisnow.com. To request disability-related accommodations, please contact rachel.sundin@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event

Venue

Embassy Suites Pioneer Square
255 South King Street
Seattle, WA 98104

Ballroom: King Street Ballroom, 6th Floor


Parking Information:

820 4th Ave S - Union Station Parking Garage (across the street from Embassy and recommended parking) - $28
721 1st Ave. - Pioneer Square Garage

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Agenda

Time Activity
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Breakfast & Networking
9:00 AM
9:05 AM
Opening Remarks
9:05 AM
9:50 AM
The Experience-Driven Office: What’s Next?
How Today’s Most Forward-Thinking Offices Foster Collaboration, Productivity, and Well-Being
9:50 AM
10:10 AM
Networking Break
10:10 AM
10:15 AM
Remarks from the Podium
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
Seattle’s Office Evolution: Demand, Development, and Repurposing Assets
Responding to Demand Shifts, Reassessing Portfolios, and Unlocking New Value Through Repositioning and Strategic Upgrades
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
Closing Networking

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