Microsoft real estate chief Michael Ford keeps focus on workplace technology The company's vice president of real estate and security has been named Groundbreaker of the Year.

Gary Guenther, senior vice president at Kidder Mathews, shared optimism when comparing Bellevue’s commercial real estate scene to downtown Seattle, which has vacancy rates around 30%.

Microsoft President Brad Smith told The Oregonian/OregonLive the region has strong ... The executive also spoke on the promise of artificial intelligence to drive efficiency in real estate ...

Microsoft is slated to spend $80 billion on data centers needed to train and run artificial intelligence by the end of the fiscal year, president Brad Smith said Friday in a blog post.