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News and info from Saratoga Commercial Real Estate

2022 reflections, 2023 forecast

The last 12 months held managed property portfolio growth, the addition of new members to our Saratoga team and one of the busiest transaction cycles in our history.  We successfully completed 16 commercial real estate transactions totaling over $70m.  This would not have been possible without our collaborative approach to brokerage as well as the…

Sahara Pizza at Birch Bay Square

Over the past year and a half, Saratoga has had the opportunity to work with Sahara Pizza on their new location at Birch Bay Square in Blaine. This new storefront adds an 18th location for Sahara Pizza, who currently operates across Washington, Oregon, and even in Bolivia. With Sahara’s original sauce recipes and access to…

New to the Saratoga Team – Jena Curry

We are very excited to welcome Jena Curry to Saratoga Commercial Real Estate. Jena is joining us as an Asset Manager with a lot of commercial management and leasing experience. Jena is currently working towards her broker license. Here is a brief bio on Jena: I came to Bellingham from Chehalis, WA in 1985 to…

Mercy Housing Preserving Affordable Housing

September 15, 2022 Saratoga recently had the privilege and opportunity to work with Mercy Housing in their recent acquisition of Evergreen Ridge, a 143-unit apartment complex in Bellingham.  The property’s deed restriction was expiring and being listed as market-rate housing.  There were multiple prospective buyers, but Mercy Housing was able to work collectively with local…