Benjamin Romano/The Seattle Times – PCC Community Markets, the regional chain of cooperatively owned organic-food stores, is joining the ranks of downtown grocers in a big way with a new location in the under-construction Rainier Square tower. As in urban centers around the country, downtown Seattle’s residential population is growing, with developers building apartments and condominiums […]

Katie Burke/San Francisco Business Times – Morgan Stanley has enlisted Gensler to help transform the former Macy’s men’s store in Union Square into a retail magnet with six new stores, two floors of office and a restaurant at the rooftop level. To read more, visit San Francisco Business Times.