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Smith Tower Update
2007-07-19 19:35:00 The Seattle PI reports the Smith Tower is one step closer to conversion having cleared one hurdle, passing a conditional city approval. The project will need to also receive approval from the Pioneer Square Preservation Board. Interestingly, per the article, the developer is not fully committed to converting the Smith Tower . Related SCL posts: Smith Tower Condos? Smith ... More About: Real Estate , Update
Live in the Center of the Universe
2007-07-16 23:09:00 Two-bedroom Fremont condo under $300,000! Live in the center of the universe in this spacious two-bedroom Fremont condo. This top floor, end unit is set back above the street providing a tranquil living space, yet close to the all the action in Fremont. Unique home features include skylights, a stained glass window, colorful tile work, beautiful ... More About: Real Estate , Universe , Center , Univ
Jackson Square Condos - Pioneer Square
2007-07-14 18:43:00 Joining the Nord, Jackson Square Condos (website) is the latest boutique conversion in Pioneer Square at 121 S. Jackson Street. The building, known as the Jackson Square Building, was originally constructed in 1902 for James McKinley who operated a blacksmithing and machinery repair shop. Through the years, it has also housed supply and ... More About: Real Estate
North Seattle Condo updates
2007-07-13 20:38:00 Max Condo s - Greenwood The Max conversion in Greenwood just released an updated website with floor plans, features and some area businesses. It appears the website is still under construction. Max is located near the Evanston and Sapphire condo projects, just north of 85th. Fini - Phinney Ridge Fini reports that they are framing the 4th ... More About: Seattle , Real Estate , Updates
SCL?s Play Doh Challenge
2007-07-12 19:52:00 As previously mentioned, the John L. Scott Foundation on behalf of the Seattle Children’s Hospital is sponsoring a Play Doh drive. Due to the serious illnesses and compromised immune system that many children at the Children’s Hospital have, a jar of Play Doh can only be played with once. As a result, the hospital goes ... More About: Challenge , Allen , Play-Doh , Halle
Vida Condos - Bellevue
2007-07-11 23:36:00 With most of Bellevue ’s new condo developments focusing on the very high-end market, it’s refreshing to see a developer offering a more reasonably priced option for condo buyers. Proposed by Colorado developer Tonsing Properties, the Vida Condominium (website), located in downtown Bellevue, will offer 236 homes within its 12-story structure. Prices are expected ... More About: Real Estate
2nd Quarter 2007 Condo Update
2007-07-09 23:54:00 With the exception of Northeast Seattle, the 2nd quarter 2007 figures exhibit an active condo market and healthy growth rate, compared to the same period last year. City-wide, the median price increased 8.4% with a 23.2% increase in units sold. However, not reflected in the figures below was a 46% increase in city-wide new listings ... More About: Real Estate , Condo , Update , Quarter
June Seattle Condo Market Update
2007-07-09 20:00:00 Seattle’s condo market continued to show growth through June . Compared to a year ago, city-wide median prices for condos increased 9.9% to $301,950 along with a 6.5% increase in closed unit sales. Queen Anne, Capitol Hill, North Seattle and West Seattle realized a double-digit increase in median price over the prior year. While the year-over-year ... More About: Seattle , Real Estate , Market , Condo
The Bravern Residences - Bellevue condos
2007-07-07 19:18:00 Developed by Schnitzer West, the Bravern Signature Residences (website) is one of several upscale high-rise condominium projects under construction that are transforming Bellevue ’s skyscape. Located in the heart of downtown Bellevue (map) , adjacent to the Meydenbauer Center, the Bravern Signature Residences will encompass two 29-story towers featuring more than 450 residential condominium homes. The ...
Stewart & Minor - Downtown Seattle condos
2007-07-05 23:17:00 The Stewart & Minor project has set up a website for interested buyers to register. The proposal features 150 customizable loft homes on 14 floors above a 14 story hotel. The units are cube-shaped and will be sold as studios ranging from 500 to 700 square feet with 16′ ceiling heights with two-story ... More About: Seattle , Real Estate , Downtown , Pioneer Square , Midtown
The Friday Round-up 6/29
2007-06-30 03:33:00 Landes I previously reported that the developer of Landes on First Hill, Harbor Properties, was feeling out the market to determine whether to develop the project as condos or apartments. Now, it appears Landes will, indeed, be apartments. This is the third formerly proposed condo project to opt for other uses. Goodwill Property The Supplemental Public ... More About: Real Estate , Round Up , Friday , Frida , Round
Art House - Belltown Condo
2007-06-27 22:42:00 The Art House (website) is the latest new-construction condominium project in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. Art House is being developed by The Pauls Corporation of Colorado whose previous Seattle project was the Bolero on First Hill. Located at 2334 Elliott Avenue at the corner of Battery & Elliott, the 9-story Art House will feature 120 one- ... More About: Real Estate , Condo , Ouse
Conversion Conundrum
2007-06-26 21:32:00 The condo conversion market is continuing to feel the effect of a softening market. In the past few weeks a number of notable conversion projects have taken price reductions ranging from $5,000 up to $30,000 with most of the reductions being around $10,000 to $15,000. Some are offering other incentives for both the ... More About: Real Estate , Conversion , Version
The Friday Condo Round-Up 6/22
2007-06-22 21:43:00 Stadium Lofts Stadium Lofts announced they’ve partnered with Williams-Marketing who will manage the marketing and sales of the 66-unit project next to Qwest Field. Ground breaking is scheduled for January 2008. Townsend Townhomes Townsend Townhomes report their model home is now open 11 AM to 6 PM daily except for Tuesday. Townsend is a 14-unit ... More About: Real Estate , Pioneer Square , Queen Anne , Round Up , Condo
Ballard Condo Conversions
2007-06-22 00:17:00 The Northlake Group recent converted several projects in the Ball ard area. I haven’t personally seen these yet, but from the MLS photos, the developer has done a nice job with the renovations and finishes. 1430 NW 59th Street (map) A 6-unit boutique condominium, originally constructed in 1968, the homes have been extensively renovated. Interior finishes ... More About: Real Estate , Condo , Conversion
Play Doh Drive for Children?s Hospital
2007-06-20 00:55:00 The Seattle Children ’s Hospital is conducting a drive for Play Doh. The hospital goes through more than 2,000 jars of Play Doh every year. Due to the serious illnesses and compromised immune system that many of the children have, a jar of Play Doh can only be used once. And, thus, it’s a considerable expense ... More About: Drive , Play-Doh
Blue Heron Condos - Magnolia
2007-06-19 17:51:00 The Blue Heron (website) is a new construction condominium project just a few blocks from Discovery Park at 3150 W. Government Way. The four level building features only 30 one- and two-bedroom condominium homes with an amazing number of different floor plans to select from - 17 floor plans in all. The homes range in ... More About: Real Estate , Magnolia
Park Modern - U-District Condo
2007-06-18 18:25:00 The Park Modern (website) is a boutique condominium project in the Ravenna area in Northeast Seattle at 5611 University Way NE. With only 12 condominium homes, Park Modern features one-bedroom, one+den, two-bedroom and townhome floor plans ranging from 746 to 1,933 square feet. The current available homes range in price from $399,000 to $525,000. Homes feature: Floor ... More About: Real Estate , Condo , District
Clise to Sell Denny Triangle Property
2007-06-16 02:39:00 The Clise family, a major land owner in the Denny Triangle area, has put nearly 13 acres up for sale. With the recent zoning changes, this large swath of land is prime real estate for redevelopment. The parcels have a capacity of 13 million square feet of development which could exceed ... More About: Real Estate , Property , Sell , Angle
Green Lake Village
2007-06-15 21:51:00 The proposal for the old Vitamilk block has been recommended for approval for its Master Use Permit. The one block project called Green Lake Village will consist of three mixed used buildings comprising 280 residential units and 57,000 square feet of retail space. Two buildings will front Woodlawn Avenue and the third is on 5th Avenue ... More About: Real Estate , Greenwood
Friday Condo Round-Up 6/15
2007-06-15 21:38:00 Luxe Condo s - Lower Queen Anne The Luxe will be hosting its public Grand Opening this weekend at 500 5th Avenue W (map). 200 West Highland - Queen Anne Work is underway for 200 West Highland. The 5-story concrete & steel building will feature just 25 condominium homes ranging is size from 1,600 to 2,800 square feet. ... More About: Real Estate , Round Up , Friday
Luxe Condos Grand Opening
2007-06-13 21:28:00 The Luxe Condominium on Lower Queen Anne will be holding its Grand Opening this weekend from noon to 6 PM. Luxe is located at 500 5th Avenue W (access from Mercer). The Luxe conversion features 39 one-bedroom and two-bedroom homes, many with city or Sound views. Prices begin in the mid-$300,000s. - Luxe website - SCL ... More About: Real Estate
Max Condo - Greenwood Conversion
2007-06-11 21:48:00 The Max Condo minium (website) is the newest condo project in the Greenwood area, located on Evanston off of 85th (map). It’ll be a conversion of the apartment building just north of the Evanston Condominium. Max will include one-bedroom, one-bedroom + den and two-bedroom homes starting from the mid-$200,000s. Sales is expected to begin ... More About: Real Estate , Conversion , Version
The Seattle Condo Round-up ~ 6/9
2007-06-09 20:45:00 1 Hotel & Residences - Downtown 1 Hotel & Residences broke ground this past week. The $200 million project states they are more than 50% reserved on condo homes and oversubscribed on city suites (hotel / condo units). AVA Condos - Downtown AVA Condos will begin scheduling private preview events in July for interested buyers. ... More About: Seattle , Real Estate , Pioneer Square , Round Up , Greenwood
Condo Searching Just Got Easier
2007-06-08 00:51:00 John L. Scott Real Estate rolled out its new home search feature allowing users to pinpoint their home searches to a specific neighborhood or block. The feature, called “Neighborhood Wizard”, allow users to use a polygon tool to draw any shape search parameter they desire. For condo searches, this is a great tool to narrow ... More About: Condo , Searching
May Seattle Condo Market Update
2007-06-07 19:42:00 May continued to exhibit an active condo market with double digit increases in units sold city-wide. Interestingly, NE Seattle and West Seattle showed the greatest increase in unit sales, mostly attributable to a robust resale market. City-wide, condos appreciated approximately 6% based on average sales price. However, across the board, median prices took ... More About: Real Estate , Market , Condo , Update
Design Insights
2007-06-01 00:08:00 Came across the website for the architect of 5th and Madison, Ruffcorn Mott Hinthorne Stine, and noticed they had designs for number of downtown/Belltown projects. Most were office space but they did have renderings for 114 Pike, the old Liberty Loan and Pawn building. The design includes 7 levels of office space and ... More About: Design , Real Estate , Pioneer Square , Sigh , Sight
5th and Madison Update
2007-05-31 04:12:00 The tall, slender 5th and Madison (website) project is well underway across the street from the Seattle Central Library. Occupancy is on-target for October making the project one of the few due to be completed this year. I had an opportunity to take a hard hat tour of the building to see how it was ... More About: Real Estate , Pioneer Square , Update , Diso
The Friday Round-up - 5/25
2007-05-25 21:55:00 Land Use Update Just saw a bulletin for a new 46-story hotel/residential project at the corner of 5th Avenue & Stewart which is currently a parking lot (next to the Escala presentation center). The proposal calls for 175 hotel units and 190 residential units which I presume will be condos. A 2nd early design ... More About: Real Estate , Pioneer Square , Round Up , Friday , Frida
ICON Tower Info
More articles from this author:2007-05-25 00:01:00 Levin Menzies received city-approval for the master-use permit of its 29-story ICON Tower . Designed by Weber+Thompson and Vancouver, BC - based engineering firm Glotman Simpson, the slender tower sits on a triangular 10,665 square foot parcel at Denny Way, Wall Street & 6th Avenue. Construction is slated to begin in early 2008. ?Making the ... More About: Icon , Real Estate , Info 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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