Tenant improvements
Seattle tenant-improvement permit activity
Follow Seattle tenant-improvement and tenant-alteration permits by year, neighborhood, status, declared value, and recent activity.
1,591
Matching permits
1,366
Issued
775
Active / in review
$869.5M
Declared value
How to read these numbers
Active and in-review permits are the forward pipeline — work likely to start or continue in the coming months. Declared value is the cost stated on the application, so it understates true project cost but stays comparable across permits. The neighborhood ranking shows where this segment is actually clustering, usually a better demand signal than the citywide total.
Permit activity by year
2024
328 · $153.0M
2025
661 · $343.1M
2026
602 · $373.3M
Leading Seattle neighborhoods
Downtown
609 · $345.9M
South Lake Union
195 · $191.8M
Other Seattle
82 · $31.3M
Capitol Hill
59 · $12.8M
University District
55 · $29.5M
First Hill
52 · $40.5M
SoDo
44 · $22.6M
Ballard
37 · $6.5M
Queen Anne
36 · $15.2M
Fremont
35 · $30.9M
Belltown
34 · $8.2M
West Seattle
34 · $7.9M
Recent matching permits
| Permit | Address | Neighborhood | Status | Type | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7160064-BK | 800 UNION ST, SEATTLE, WA | Downtown | active | commercial | $18K | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 7164606-BK | 87 LENORA ST, SEATTLE, WA | Downtown | pending | commercial | $2.4M | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 7163152-CN | 2955 4TH AVE N, SEATTLE, WA | Queen Anne | completed | commercial | $285K | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 7140221-BK | 711 2ND AVE, SEATTLE, WA | Downtown | active | commercial | $700K | Sep 29, 2026 |
| 7155768-CN | 701 DEXTER AVE N, SEATTLE, WA | South Lake Union | pending | commercial | $3.6M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| 7163661-CN | 421 QUEEN ANNE AVE N, Seattle, WA | Other Seattle | pending | commercial | $65K | Sep 29, 2026 |
| 7164755-CN | 506 2ND AVE, SEATTLE, WA | Downtown | active | commercial | $75K | Sep 29, 2026 |
| 7163796-BK | 509 OLIVE WAY, SEATTLE, WA | Downtown | pending | commercial | $350K | Sep 28, 2026 |
| 7163798-BK | 509 OLIVE WAY, SEATTLE, WA | Downtown | pending | commercial | $258K | Sep 28, 2026 |
| 7163803-BK | 509 OLIVE WAY, SEATTLE, WA | Downtown | pending | commercial | $275K | Sep 28, 2026 |
| 7163807-BK | 509 OLIVE WAY, SEATTLE, WA | Downtown | pending | commercial | $250K | Sep 28, 2026 |
| 7157472-CN | 1516 15TH AVE W, SEATTLE, WA | Other Seattle | pending | commercial | $50K | Sep 28, 2026 |
| 7163805-BK | 509 OLIVE WAY, SEATTLE, WA | Downtown | pending | commercial | $400K | Sep 28, 2026 |
| 7164181-BK | 701 5TH AVE, SEATTLE, WA | Downtown | pending | commercial | $1 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| 7164709-CN | 601 S MYRTLE ST, SEATTLE, WA | South Park | new | commercial | $1.6M | Sep 28, 2026 |
| 7139457-CN | 2021 7TH AVE, SEATTLE, WA | Downtown | active | commercial | $20K | Sep 25, 2026 |
| 7163707-CN | 2121 8TH AVE, SEATTLE, WA | Downtown | active | commercial | $100K | Sep 24, 2026 |
| 7143815-CN | 83 S KING ST, SEATTLE, WA | Pioneer Square | pending | commercial | $175K | Sep 24, 2026 |
| 7136588-CN | 5326 ROOSEVELT WAY NE, SEATTLE, WA | Wallingford | active | commercial | $20K | Sep 23, 2026 |
| 7135199-CN | 1103 1ST AVE, SEATTLE, WA | Downtown | active | commercial | $50K | Sep 23, 2026 |