With smart planning, high-quality craftsmanship, integrated amenities, and tech built in, developers are delivering both aspirational and attainable resort living and seeing strong market success.

Over the past five years, affordability-driven buyers have reshaped regional development—pointing to a future where attainable homeownership aligns with thoughtful transit investment across growing exurban communities.

A detailed look at the forces shaping the downtown Seattle and downtown Bellevue resurgence and why some savvy consumers and betting private equity players are seizing the moment to “buy the dip.”