Development updates transforming Tacoma and Pierce County

This list of articles highlights major sales and development projects this month in Tacoma and Pierce County.

New businesses prepare to launch at the Tacoma Mall's Village, replacing the old Sears. The opening includes Shake Shack and Dave’s Hot Chicken. Tacoma’s City Hall renovation progresses, focusing on exterior preservation. A Milton shopping center sold for $41 million.

Alderra Apartment Homes were first constructed in the early 2000s, and has sold for $56.45 million.

NO. 1: PUYALLUP-AREA APARTMENTS SELL FOR $56.45 MILLION TO NEW YORK FIRM

A Puyallup-area apartment site has traded hands in one of the higher-priced transactions this year in Pierce County. | Published October 3, 2025 | Read Full Story by Debbie Cockrell

The property at 602 N. Orchard St. is currently home to First Christian Church and the Village at 6th and Orchard, operated by the Low Income Housing Institute.

NO. 2: $50M CANCER CENTER COULD REDEVELOP SITE OF CHURCH, TINY-HOME VILLAGE IN TACOMA

A familiar church and a tiny-home village in Tacoma that’s served as an emergency housing shelter since the pandemic could make way for a proposed new cancer-treatment center. | Published October 8, 2025 | Read Full Story by Debbie Cockrell

A bird flies along the south end of the Tacoma Municipal Building on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. By Pete Caster

NO. 3: SCAFFOLDING WILL BE GOING UP SOON AROUND TACOMA’S CITY HALL. HERE’S WHAT’S UP

With a price tag of at least $20 million, the city of Tacoma is embarking on a multi-phase effort to refurbish and preserve the exterior of Tacoma’s city hall, also known as the Tacoma Municipal Building. | Published October 13, 2025 | Read Full Story by Isha Trivedi

Puget Sound Energy held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 9 for its new operational training facility, 325 Todd Road NW, Puyallup.

NO. 4: $72M PUGET SOUND ENERGY TRAINING FACILITY OPENS IN PUYALLUP. HAVE A LOOK INSIDE

Puget Sound Energy offered a first look at its new worker training facility in Puyallup with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. | Published October 11, 2025 | Read Full Story by Debbie Cockrell

Work continued Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, on the new Tacoma Mall Village. By Brian Hayes

NO. 5: TACOMA MALL NEWS: FIRST WAVE OF BUSINESS OPENINGS EXPECTED SOON AT VILLAGE

The wait is almost over, as two restaurants and a furniture showroom soon will debut in the first wave of openings at the new Village at Tacoma Mall. | Published October 16, 2025 | Read Full Story by Debbie Cockrell

Grocery Outlet is one of the tenants at Surprise Lake Square, recently acquired by Phillips Edison & Co. for just over $41 million.

NO. 6: PIERCE COUNTY SHOPPING CENTER SELLS FOR $41M. HERE’S WHO BOUGHT IT

A Milton shopping center that was first developed in the 1980s has a new owner. | Published October 22, 2025 | Read Full Story by Debbie Cockrell

The buildings at Bridge Point I-5 Seattle, 80 Fifth Ave., Milton, total more than 2 million square feet.

NO. 7: MEGA-WAREHOUSE DEVELOPER TOUTS NEARLY 4M SQUARE FEET OF NEW SPACE IN REGION

A Milton warehouse campus is the largest of several new industrial sites recently completed or updated by Chicago-based Bridge Industrial. | Published October 27, 2025 | Read Full Story by Debbie Cockrell

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.