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Breaking Ground. On September 20, 2019, SMARTCAP, SMARTCAP Construction, and the City of Arlington broke ground on SMARTCAP 188th St. Industrial Park, a phased ground-up development of 219,422 SF of flex-use industrial adjacent...

Arlington Company Acquires TFF Aerospace. Commercial Aircraft Interiors of Arlington bought assets of TTF Aerospace for $1 million, which they will make payments on for the next five years. CAI took possession of equipment and...

Construction to Resume in Washington State. After a month long government shutdown, construction has resumed in Washington state. Just over a month ago, Governor Jay Inslee halted most construction statewide as part of his "Stay...

Seattle Industrial Area Trends and Trades. Seattle area industrial properties are seeing significant interest while continuing to appreciate in value as shown in the Real Capital Analytics Trends and Trades report for January...

Economic Alliance of Snohomish County : 2020 Economic Forecast. Join SMARTCAP at the 2020 Economic Forecast for Snohomish County where Joe Ollis will be a speaker during the Real Estate Development Panel Discussion. When:...

Puget Sound's Office Market Showed Stellar Growth in Fourth Quarter of 2019. The Puget Sound region's office market had tremendous growth in the fourth quarter of 2019, with record property sales, construction activity, and space...

Seattle's Momentum Builds With Two Straight Months of Positive Job Growth. 4,000 jobs were added to the Seattle metropolitan area in October, with the unemployment rate well below 4% for the year. Most job gains were concentrated...

How We Started. In July of 2019, SMARTCAP joined forces with Tyson Goodwin to launch a new company, SMARTCAP CONSTRUCTION. This was a very exciting decision for Joe, Tyson, and me. Tyson has nearly 25 years of experience in the...

Facebook Continues to Expand in Bellevue's Spring District. Facebook’s presence in the greater Seattle area continues to grow, with the company leasing another building in one of the fastest growing employment hubs, Bellevue, WA....

I love the story of SMARTCAP and how Joe (co-founder and an amazing business partner) and I ended up in the place we are today. Everyone has a story and each one is unique and special in its own way. I thought that it would be...