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Report puts Seattle among leading global innovation cities, but it needs more premium office space

Seattle is beating NYC and London in tech talent migration. But there's a $50B problem nobody is talking about.

Reporting by GeekWire 1 min brief
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Real estate bottlenecks could throttle the next wave of AI and tech expansion in one of America's top innovation hubs, forcing companies to relocate or scale elsewhere.

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  1. Seattle outpacing NYC and London in talent migration

  2. Shortage of investment-grade real estate

  3. JLL Innovation Geographies report findings

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Publisher excerpt: The latest edition of commercial real estate firm JLL's Innovation Geographies report reveals that while Seattle is outpacing traditional hubs like New York and London in talent migration, a shortage of "investment-grade" real estate is creating a bottleneck for the city's next era of tech…
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