Matt Hays
Introducing Market Snippets
Do you have an hour a day to dig up Seattle-area A/E/C/RE news, including what's not in the papers? Let's be honest...probably not! My...
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Matt Hays
- May 25
- 3 min
The Era of Multifamily Megaprojects
Remember when 300 units was a big multifamily infill project, and Harbor Steps' 759 was the local record? When grander visions weren't...
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Matt Hays
- Apr 5
- 3 min
Where Are the Airport Winds Blowing?
Will our region build a second major commercial airport, on a Sea-Tac scale? The State-appointed Commercial Aviation Coordinating...
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Matt Hays
- Jan 21
- 2 min
Can We Align on Terminology?
In the A/E/C/RE world, we don't always WANT to use words consistently. Vagueness can help our point, we might not have enough data, and...
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Matt Hays
- Dec 15, 2021
- 11 min
Ice Cubes: a short story
Garner smiled, a little giddy, his aches forgotten. Finally in space. Weightless. An implied promise from a lifetime of movies now...
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Matt Hays
- Oct 19, 2021
- 3 min
The New Normal Will Take a While
Wouldn't it be convenient if the post-Covid world arrived in a neat package, with a clear "new normal"? Say around March 1? Employers...
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Matt Hays
- Aug 25, 2021
- 3 min
Your Projects will Stack
Supermarkets. Car dealerships. Warehouses. Maker spaces. Schools. Churches. What was typically a low building with surface parking is...
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Matt Hays
- Jul 28, 2021
- 3 min
Research: Adding Data to Your Intuition
An A/E/C/RE company can thrive on relationships, technical performance, and market intuition rather than data—maybe, for a while, with...
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Matt Hays
- Jun 24, 2021
- 4 min
Too Much Retail Space?
Sometimes a new building "wants" storefront retail—when it's on a top retail street for example. Other times, not really! Quiet side...
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Matt Hays
- May 20, 2021
- 3 min
You Define Your Neighborhood
This is a small post about empowerment – and how we define, and can disagree about defining, our neighborhoods. Neighborhood names and...
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Matt Hays
- Apr 27, 2021
- 2 min
Is it Tacoma Time?
One of these years, Tacoma is going to emerge as a bigger office and innovation center. I used to think this would happen because of...
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Matt Hays
- Apr 1, 2021
- 3 min
Lidding I-5...or a 50/20 version?
Lidding I-5 through the Downtown core would be phenomenal—placemaking, addressing our dearth of park space, improving walkability,...
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Matt Hays
- Mar 15, 2021
- 2 min
Let's not Misinterpret Data
It's easy to spout a fact from news article. "Seattle was the fastest-growing city in the last decade," for example. But how often do we...
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Matt Hays
- Mar 8, 2021
- 2 min
Welcome to the Baby Bust
In A/E/C/RE, population numbers matter. We rely on growth for much of our work. And births influence key sectors in very specific ways....
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Matt Hays
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
Downtown Seattle Surface Parking Acreage Falls by 62%
Ever make a giant spreadsheet just because you're curious about something? Well, I did. And you clicked, so here goes! From 54 to 21 My...
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Matt Hays
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
Winning Commercial Real Estate Sectors in a WFH World
I'm calling it. Enough shoes have dropped. A substantial percentage of office jobs will be work-from-home (WFH) forever. Obviously this...
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