Apr
14
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John Pietromonaco inducted into NAIOPWA Hall of Fame
Apr
14
Today is day 75 of the 105-day legislative session. Hearings in policy committees will be held Monday to Wednesday of next week, ending on March 29. Fiscal committees will then meet until April 4.
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Apr
14
The Washington State legislature has completed work in policy committees for this session. Fiscal committees meet over the weekend and have a deadline of Tuesday, April 4 to complete their work. Other than bills that are part of the budget, committee consideration will end, and the focus for the remainder of the session will be floor consideration of the bills that remain.
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Apr
14
On Monday, April 17, the legislature enters the final week of the 2023 legislative session. Next week will focus on reconciliation of changes to bills from the opposite house. The main priority will be passage of the two-year operating budget. To read more, click below. You must be logged in to your NAIOPWA member profile to access the full report. For more details about membership, email Danielle Duvall, [email protected].
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Mar
22
The legislature is now focused on the policy committees considering bills from the opposite house. The next deadline is March 29 when bills from the opposite house need to be passed from the policy committee. Next week the focus will be on committee hearings, and you will see that reflected in the upcoming events section of the report.
On Monday at 2:00 the State Economic Forecast Council will release the final economic forecast that the biennial budget will be based upon. The Senate is expected to make their budget public sometime next week, and on Friday the Senate Ways and Means committee will hold a marathon public hearing on the budget.
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Mar
22
Wednesday, March 8 was the last day for bills to pass out of the House of origin, unless they are necessary to implement the budget. You will see on the report that a number of bills did not survive the cut off and are now in the dead bill file. You may also see bills that appear to have not moved out of various committees that are still part of the active list.
To access the full report, log in to your NAIOPWA member profile. Now is a great time to join the association and get access to exclusive legislative updates like this one. For more information, contact Danielle Duvall, [email protected].
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Mar
22
Today is day 54 of the 105 day legislative session. We are past the halfway mark. The focus this week has been on floor action and the legislature has been working long hours to act on bills prior to the March 8 deadline for bills to pass out of the Houses of Origin.
NAIOP Washington State members have full access to our state legislative reports. For more information about joining, please contact Danielle Duvall, [email protected].
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Celebrating Women in Construction
Category: NAIOP News
Mar
10
NAIOP Washington State is excited to celebrate Women in Construction week. This holiday is linked with the founding of the National Association of Women in Construction (1953) and is observed to appreciate the women who have made huge impacts to the industry.
In the construction industry women, make up less than 11% of the workforce. At NAIOPWA, we are honored to have several of these women in leadership positions on our Board of Directors, on our member committees, and at our member companies. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee took the time to ask four prominent members of our industry to share their journeys and experiences as women in construction:
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Mar
02
Today, February 24, 2023, is the final day for consideration of bills in the fiscal committees (unless necessary to implement the budget). Starting Monday and until March 8, legislators will be focused on floor debate in each chamber. By March 8, bills from the original chamber need to be passed to the other chamber.
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Feb
17
Friday, February 17 is policy committee cutoff, meaning all bills need to be out of their policy committee or they will not advance. The fiscal committees will meet next week and have until February 24 to act on bills. Today’s report still shows bills that may be voted on in today’s hearings.
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Feb
16
The last week of bills to be heard in policy committees is next week. The focus next week will be considering amendments and voting bills out of committee. Bills with a fiscal impact will have until February 24 to be considered and voted on. In the meantime, both the Senate and the House will start to spend more time on the floor debating and passing legislation to the other body.
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NAIOPWA Real Estate Challenge Partners with LIHI and Onni Group for 2023 Competition
Category: NAIOP News
Feb
10
NAIOP Washington State is excited to partner with the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) and Onni Group for the 2023 Real Estate Challenge.
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Feb
04
The week of February 6 is week five. The focus will be on policy committee activity on hundreds of bills. We have two weeks to go prior to the February 17 cut off. You can find next week’s hearings in the upcoming events section by logging in to your NAIOPWA member profile below. Also, the bill status section of the bill tracking overview will illustrate where the bill is at in the process as of Friday, February 3.
I will provide a more detailed update of which priority bills have moved out of committee after February 17.
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Jan
30
Week three was focused on committee hearings with hundreds of bills being considered by the various policy committees. Next week will be the same. You can review the new bill introductions as well as next week’s hearings using your member profile. For more information about becoming a member, contact Danielle Duvall, [email protected].
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Jan
30
Week two of the Washington State Legislature has concluded. The committee schedule for week three represents a substantial ramp of activity as legislative committees consider the many bills that have been introduced in recent days. Committee chairs are under pressure to consider and act upon bills introduced by their colleagues prior to the February 17 deadline for bills to pass out of policy committees.
Full legislative reports are available exclusively to current members. For more information about joining our chapter, contact Danielle Duvall, [email protected].
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Jan
17
NAIOP Washington State 2023 Legislative Report - Week 1
Greg Hanon, Communico
The 2023 session of the Washington State Legislature convened on January 9 for a 105-day legislative session. This is the first since 2020 to completely return to Olympia for both committee hearings as well as floor action. One addition to the legislative process is the complete integration of hybrid legislative hearings allowing for both in person testimony as well as remote testimony allowing individuals who cannot make the trip to Olympia to participate in hearings from around the state.
Per tradition, the first few days were dedicated to the organization of the legislature, the swearing in of public officials, as well as a state of the state address from Governor Inslee in which he presented his priorities for the legislative session. Governor Inslee outlined several policies including significant increases in spending on housing, homelessness, behavioral health, and education. He also advanced policies on gun control and abortion rights.
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Nov
09
Congratulations 2022 NAIOPWA Night of the Stars Winners!
John Pietromonaco inducted into NAIOPWA Hall of Fame
Presented on Friday night at the NAIOPWA 2022 Night of the Stars Gala, the awards honored an impressive slate of commercial real estate projects that serve the community with innovations in retail, office, industrial and multi-family development.
The projects, and the developers who engaged them, demonstrate the flexibility and ingenuity of the CRE community throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, NAIOPWA’s 2022 Night of the Stars finalists highlight the growth in transit-oriented development (TOD), multi-family housing from high-rise urban to supportive housing, and various programs that encourage development in underutilized regions such as Opportunity Zone funding.
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Sep
21
2022 NAIOPWA Night of the Stars Finalists & First Winners Announced
John Pietromonaco to be inducted to NAIOPWA Hall of Fame | Annual People’s Choice Award with Daily Voting Runs Sept 21 – Oct 5
SEATTLE – Announced at NAIOP Washington State’s September Breakfast, the slate of competitors for the association’s annual Night of the Stars Awards once again showcases the best commercial real estate development projects across the state completed in the past year. With the announcement, People's Choice voting begins online and runs through Weds., Oct. 5. Also announced was NAIOPWA's 2022 Hall of Fame inductee, John Pietromonaco, who joins the ranks of leaders honored for their essential contributions to the built environment of the Puget Sound region and to the CRE community through their involvement in NAIOPWA and beyond.
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The projects, and the developers who engaged them, demonstrate the flexibility and ingenuity of the CRE community throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, NAIOPWA’s 2022 Night of the Stars finalists highlight the growth in transit-oriented development (TOD), multi-family housing from high-rise urban to supportive housing, and various programs that encourage development in underutilized regions such as Opportunity Zone funding.
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Apr
08
Washington State Legislature 2022 End of Session Summary/Update for NAIOPWA Members
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Mar
07
The Washington State Legislature is expected to adjourn sine die on Thu, Mar 10. Friday night was the deadline for non-budget bills to pass; now we look at the concurrence process in which differences between House and Senate versions of bills passed are ironed out and the budget is confirmed.
Click here for this week's update (members-only content; login required) on key CRE issues including SEPA reform, GMA vesting, and building codes.