April 2015 Archives - 425 Business

Ultimate Venue Guide

27 unique meeting spaces you should know about Instead of holding your quarterly meeting in a dank, dreary conference room, consider taking the crowd out for a day of bowling…

News

ASK: Cranes Today, More Office Options Tomorrow

Most everyone has some familiarity with how residential real estate works, but to many, the commercial real estate market is a foreign concept. Brian Biege, vice president of brokerage services…

Lifestyle

Itinerary: Sacramento

San Francisco and Los Angeles are the state’s showcase cities, but California’s political capital has a thriving business scene of its own. A boomtown during the Gold Rush era, Sacramento is the…

News

Since 1956, Spokane-based Lydig Construction has been building structures around the Northwest, including Lake Washington High School and Puget Sound Energy Factoria Service Center. Lydig’s LEED-certified Bellevue office was designed…

News, Startup, Tech

TellWise Helps Businesses Email Wisely

Secure better leads and more sales Endless games of phone tag and send-wait-resend email cycles are frustrating when you’re trying to coordinate dinner with friends. But when a sale worth…

Lifestyle, News

Adjusting to Corporate America

Some Eastside companies must do more to help foreign workers adjust to new life Many immigrants enter the United States to pursue the American Dream. But once here, transplants are…

Lifestyle, News

China’s Export to the Eastside: Opulence

Schools are attracting affluent Chinese to the Eastside, and the real estate market is being altered in the process “Tai xiao le,” Xiao Man Xue says, slightly shaking her head.…

Tech

Here’s Your Tablet, Enjoy Your Stay

To make lobbies livelier and stays more personal, hotels are enlisting Microsoft products and platforms The hotel lobby has lost much of its cache. You check in, you check out.…

News

Construction Costs are Up, But it’s not Time to Worry — Yet

Mortenson Construction’s recently released cost index predicts a 5-6 percent increase in construction costs for 2015. Mark Wagner, Mortenson’s chief estimator, says the trend is slightly more dramatic than the…

News

The Business of Snoqualmie Valley

North Bend and Snoqualmie’s businesses embrace both the mountains and the tech jobs nestled nearby Snoqualmie Valley may be best known for the rugged scenery that framed the ABC series…

Ultimate Venue Guide

ASK: Cranes Today, More Office Options Tomorrow

Itinerary: Sacramento

Office Envy: Lydig

TellWise Helps Businesses Email Wisely

Adjusting to Corporate America

China’s Export to the Eastside: Opulence

Here’s Your Tablet, Enjoy Your Stay

Construction Costs are Up, But it’s not Time to Worry — Yet

The Business of Snoqualmie Valley