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    Washington Building manager David B. Morton (left) and investor and owner representative Michael J. Allan (right). In May, Community Health Care of Tacoma will move 52 employees to two full floors of the historic downtown Tacoma building. (FILE PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Community Health Care to move administrative staff to...
    By Todd Matthews • March 19, 2012 12:00 am

    Community Health Care of Tacoma announced today it will move its Administrative Services Office to the Washington Building in downtown…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    DaVita eyes Pacific Plaza for new downtown Tacoma...
    By Todd Matthews • August 29, 2011 12:00 am

    Tacoma City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a resolution that would allow downtown’s largest employer, DaVita, a medical…

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    "We can't deny that it's tough," says Washington Building investor and owner representative Michael J. Allan (right) of the current recession. "The economy is just terrible. Our vacancy is very high -- much higher than we would like it to be." Still, Allan and building manager David B. Morton (left) are working with a commercial real estate broker and a local bank to draw new tenants and make investments in the historic 85-year-old building in downtown Tacoma (PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    High Hopes for Historic Tacoma Skyscraper
    By Todd Matthews • January 13, 2011 12:00 am

    Downtown Tacoma is fortunate to have a handful of old structures that could easily serve as witnesses to the city’s…

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    Old City Hall (left) and the Washington Building (right). (PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Historic Buildings, Historic Recession: Questions for Old City...
    By Todd Matthews • December 17, 2010 12:00 am

    Ask any commercial property owner in downtown Tacoma about their business, and they will likely tell you it hasn’t been…

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    (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Downtown's Pacific Plaza earns LEED Platinum certification
    By Todd Matthews • June 3, 2010 12:00 am

    The development team behind the $35 million Pacific Plaza building in downtown Tacoma announced this week the project has received…

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    (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Year In Review: Pacific Plaza
    By Todd Matthews • December 28, 2009 12:00 am

    Visitors to Pacific Plaza in downtown Tacoma will require a good deal of convincing to believe that a decades-old crumbling…

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    (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    City Council approves Pacific Plaza street-level office space
    By Todd Matthews • December 16, 2009 12:00 am

    Tacoma City Council yesterday approved a resolution that changes the dynamics of leasable space at Pacific Plaza in downtown Tacoma….

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Office or Retail? City, developer try to agree...
    By Todd Matthews • December 11, 2009 12:00 am

    On Tuesday, Tacoma City Council is expected to make a decision that could change the dynamics of Pacific Plaza downtown….

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Historic honor for downtown Washington Building
    By Todd Matthews • April 2, 2009 12:00 am

    The 84-year-old Washington Building in downtown Tacoma has been nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, according to the…

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    Stratford Company asset director Mark Isner hopes that 7,500-square-feet, full-floor plates in the Washington Building will appeal to mid-sized businesses looking to headquarter or open a branch office in Tacoma's tight downtown Class A office space market. "We really feel like that is a tremendous opportunity, and something that doesn't exist anywhere in the downtown core," says Isner. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    New tenant, lobby renovation for downtown Washington Building
    By Todd Matthews • January 7, 2008 12:00 am

    On the 13th floor of the 82-year-old Washington Building, contractors are busy building what will soon be home to downtown…

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