My Space: Aileen Mickey

Aileen Mickey’s office is filled with little pieces of her work and personal life, all which are a testament to her dry, witty personality and passion for her work. Since…

Aileen Mickey’s office is filled with little pieces of her work and personal life, all which are a testament to her dry, witty personality and passion for her work in the medical field.

24 Hours: Tim Short

What is it like to run a restaurant during half of the week, while the rest of the week you’re flying back and forth along the West Coast as a…

See what is it like for Tim Short to run a restaurant during half of the week, while the rest of the week he is flying back and forth along the West Coast as a commercial airline pilot for Delta Air Lines.

Eastside Economic Report Card 2020

Everywhere you look on the Eastside, it’s booming. Cranes dot the skyline. New office buildings and housing projects proliferate, with streetside sandwich boards advertising the latest apartment homes and housing…

A closer look at our cities’ economic market reports.

Office Envy: Industrious

At the heart of the Bellevue business district, Industrious’ coworking space offers a breathtaking work environment to help its tenants to be their most productive selves. With more than 90…

Industrious’ coworking space offers a breathtaking work environment to help its tenants to be their most productive selves.

Eastside tech job growth forecasted to continue at healthy pace

Amazon’s February announcement that it will create more than 15,000 new jobs in Bellevue over the next few years tells you all you need to know about the technology industry…

Amazon’s February announcement that it will create more than 15,000 new jobs in Bellevue over the next few years tells you all you need to know about the technology industry on the Eastside: Job-growth is robust, and tech-sector activity is electric.

Business of Factoria

Shopping at the Marketplace at Factoria, T-Mobile’s headquarters, residential neighborhoods, and convenient access to freeways likely come to mind when one thinks of Bellevue’s Factoria neighborhood. Today’s vision is a…

Once envisioned as an area filled with smokestack-fueled industries, Factoria today is instead filled with commercial and residential development of a different nature.

A Cycling Hobby Recycled

In 2016, Erik Alston started yearning for his next career. “I’d been working in the tech industry since 1990 and wanted a change,” said Alston, co-owner of Singletrack Cycles in…

A tech-industry veteran turns his passion into a job at Singletrack Cycles in North Bend

Businomics: April 2020

Bill Conerly is a veteran economist and consultant who has worked with Fortune 500 companies and been interviewed by CNN, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, USA Today, and more. He currently is a regular contributor for Forbes.

On Track to Prosper

The Eastside’s consistent population and job growth make it hard to justify the term “revival,” but the area’s current transformation certainly will impact the viability of continued, sustainable advancement. A…

Bellevue’s East Main Station developments exemplify transit-oriented future.

2020 IDEA Awards

Each year, we report on myriad businesses and leaders that are so amazing, it would be impossible for us to pick just four to bestow our annual Innovation, Distinction, Excellence,…

We asked our readers to nominate their favorites in a range of categories: innovation, family businesses with the most august histories — and more — for our fourth annual Innovation, Distinction, Excellence, and Achievement — or IDEA — Awards.