{"id":8742,"date":"2026-06-26T12:25:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lee-associates.com\/northwest\/?p=8742"},"modified":"2026-07-28T10:20:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:20:53","slug":"lee-associates-executive-managing-director-i-always-tell-them-to-bet-on-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee-associates.com\/northwest\/2026\/06\/26\/lee-associates-executive-managing-director-i-always-tell-them-to-bet-on-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee &amp; Associates executive managing director: &#8216;I always tell them to bet on Seattle&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-8742\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-8742-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-8742-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-8742-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-8742-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-bdfc1dc96073-8742\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration-inside\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-8742-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-c67d20f9f743-8742\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.lee-associates.com\/northwest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2026\/06\/Jim-Bowles-768x521.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lee-associates.com\/northwest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2026\/06\/Jim-Bowles-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lee-associates.com\/northwest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2026\/06\/Jim-Bowles-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lee-associates.com\/northwest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2026\/06\/Jim-Bowles.jpg 924w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" title=\"Jim Bowles\" alt=\"Jim Bowles, Lee &amp; Associates Pacific Northwest\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-8742-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><strong>BELLEVUE, WA (June 25, 2026) \u2013 <\/strong>Jim Bowles, who has spent nearly five decades riding the ups and downs of Seattle's commercial real estate market, still believes in the inevitability of cycles. It's why he remains optimistic for the office market\u2019s post-pandemic recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Bowles most recently served as president of Lee &amp; Associates Pacific Northwest, which he co-founded in 2017. This month, the company\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/seattle\/news\/2026\/06\/11\/lee-associates-pnw-president-scott-hutchinson.html\" data-ct=\"Article: In-Content Link\" data-link=\"1\">transferred leadership<\/a>\u00a0for the first time to Scott Hutchinson, a longtime Seattle-area developer and broker.<\/p>\n<p data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>Read full article on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/seattle\/news\/2026\/06\/25\/jim-bowles-lee-associates-office-market.html\">Puget Sound Business Journal<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT LEE &amp; ASSOCIATES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lee &amp; Associates offers an array of real estate services tailored to meet the needs of the company\u2019s clients, including commercial real estate brokerage, integrated services, and construction services. Established in 1979, Lee &amp; Associates is now an international firm with offices throughout the United States and Canada. Our professionals regularly collaborate to make sure they are providing their clients with the most advanced, up-to-date market technology and information. For the latest news from Lee &amp; Associates, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leeassociatescommercialrealestateservices.cmail19.com\/t\/y-l-mjkaa-dyukjjdhid-r\/\">lee-associates.com<\/a>\u00a0or follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leeassociatescommercialrealestateservices.cmail19.com\/t\/y-l-mjkaa-dyukjjdhid-y\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leeassociatescommercialrealestateservices.cmail19.com\/t\/y-l-mjkaa-dyukjjdhid-j\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leeassociatescommercialrealestateservices.cmail19.com\/t\/y-l-mjkaa-dyukjjdhid-t\/\">Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leeassociatescommercialrealestateservices.cmail19.com\/t\/y-l-mjkaa-dyukjjdhid-i\/\">Link<\/a>, our company blog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-8742-0-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-button so-widget-sow-button-leeassoc-12c09f8d40b9-8742\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"leeassoc-so-btn-base ow-button-base ow-button-align-justify\">\r\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/seattle\/news\/2026\/06\/25\/jim-bowles-lee-associates-office-market.html\" class=\"sowb-button ow-icon-placement-left ow-button-hover\" \t\t>\r\n\t\t<span>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tView the article here on The Puget Sound Business Journal\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-8742-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-8742-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-8742-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-8742-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-8742-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-8742-1-1-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">MEDIA CONTACT<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Jim Bowles, SIOR<br \/>\n<\/strong>Lee &amp; Associates<br \/>\n(425) 454-4242<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jbowles@lee-associates.com\">jbowles@lee-associates.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-8742-1-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BELLEVUE, WA (June 25, 2026) \u2013 Jim Bowles, who has spent nearly five decades riding the ups and downs of Seattle&#8217;s commercial real estate market, still believes in the inevitability of cycles. It&#8217;s why he remains optimistic for the office market\u2019s post-pandemic recovery. Bowles most recently served as president of Lee &amp; Associates Pacific Northwest, which he co-founded in 2017. This month, the company\u00a0transferred leadership\u00a0for the first time to Scott Hutchinson, a longtime Seattle-area developer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":8746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1182,6,1183,1184],"tags":[1177],"class_list":["post-8742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bellevue","category-featured","category-seattle","category-tacoma","tag-jim-bowles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lee &amp; Associates executive managing director: &#039;I always tell them to bet on Seattle&#039; - Lee &amp; Associates Pacific Northwest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jim Bowles, who has spent nearly five decades riding the ups and downs of Seattle&#039;s commercial real estate market, still believes in the inevitability of cycles\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lee-associates.com\/northwest\/2026\/06\/26\/lee-associates-executive-managing-director-i-always-tell-them-to-bet-on-seattle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lee &amp; 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