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Olive 8 Condo receives LEED Silver certification
2009-09-10 20:30:00 Olive 8 has been awarded Seattle's first LEED Silver certification (hotel/condo) by the U.S. Green Building Council.ShareThis
Seattle Times- Construction Sites Currently Stalled in Downtown Seattle
2008-10-28 03:03:00 This past Sunday, The Times featured a worth-mentioning piece on the stalled condominium and apartment buildings downtown Seattle and Bellevue. With over 23 projects in Seattle alone, the lack of construction financing is the number one contributing factor for the dead sites. 1. 151 John Street (17 Apartments, 1st & John) 2. Icon (283 Condominiums, 6th & ...
The Downtown Seattle Resident??
2008-09-13 01:56:00 The Downtown Seattle Resident’s Council- Meeting 9/17, 5:30-7pm at the Newmark Condos on 2nd & Pike….a great way to get involved!
2nd & Virginia Site Up for Grabs
2008-03-29 02:17:00 The DJC reported today that the parcel on the NW corner of 2nd Avenue & Virginia (next to Cristalla) has been put up for sale. Property owner, Columbia West, is hoping to sell the lot and purchase income producing properties. Though, if the parcel does not sell, word is that Columbia West will ...
AVA Condo Update
2008-03-18 00:10:00 AVA (website) announced they’ve recently secured a Master Use Development Permit (MUP). The 39-story tower at 8th and Pine will feature traditional condominium homes and a luxury hotel. AVA’s developers anticipate construction to begin by the end of the year. The AVA presentation center, located at 8th & Olive, is nearing completion and should open ...
Art House Apartments?
2008-03-13 22:17:00 Could Art House be the latest condo project to go apartments? The developer, the Pauls Corporation, has apparently been researching apartment development in the Seattle area. Pauls has a property management division so it might not be out of the question. Whether it’s condos or apartments it’ll appeal to urban dwellers with its modern ...
More on Heron & Pagoda Towers
2008-02-13 22:50:00 More preliminary renderings of the Heron and Pagoda Tower project in downtown Seattle. Just based on the scale of the project (1.2 million square feet, $900 million) and striking architecture, this has got to rate as the most exciting development Seattle will experience. The project will consist of two 43-story towers (550′), up ...
Sign of the Times - Olive 8 Offers A Price Guarantee
2008-02-13 21:40:00 The Olive 8 condominium (website) and Hyatt hotel project is progressing full steam ahead with construction now exceeding 22 floors. The project is 80% sold with occupancy of lower level homes slated for January 2009 while the Hyatt at Olive 8 is expected to open this coming December. A model home within the ...
Seattle Civic Square - Downtown
2007-11-19 20:57:00 Just West of Seattle City Hall is the proposed Civic Square project that’ll encompass an entire city block between 3rd and 4th Avenues and Cherry and James Streets. Civic Square will feature an open plaza with an amphitheater, water features, retail space, a Metro/Light Rail station and a 34-story office & residential tower. ...
An Off-Grid Vertical Farm for Downtown Seattle
2007-11-15 06:48:00 We face a lot of challenges, complex and sometimes overwhelming challenges. There are no Single Shot / Silver Bullet solutions out there. But, in some ways, there are solution sets that could be considered a Silver BB. Our challenges include Peak Oil, Global Warming, clean water constraints, food supply challenges (including every increasing food miles, how far food is traveling to the dinner table), poor urban infrastructure, urban heat islands, housing challenges, etc ... Vertical urban agriculture offers a potential silver BB in this domain ... with a new concept from Seattle offering one of the most integrated and interesting approaches that I've seen to date. Mithun won a best of show prize (Cascadia Region Green Building Council's Living Building Challenge) for their urban farm design that to integrate farming (vegetables, chickens) and housing to a high-rise in downtown Seattle. The Living Building Challenge is a competition that encourages building owners, architects, eng...
Stewart + Minor - downtown Seattle lofts
2007-09-21 22:41:00 The Stewart + Minor project (website), located on the edge of downtown in the Denny Triangle district, is anticipated to be one of Seattle’s most unique, sleek and customizable loft towers. The 440 foot-tower will feature a hotel on the lower 14 levels and 168 loft homes on the upper 14 levels. The concept is based on ...
Past Post: Downtown Seattle 1912
2007-08-14 10:00:00 Dug up this vintage 1912 postcard showing Seattle’s downtown nightlife at 2nd Ave looking north. You can see quite a bit of early hustle and bustle, streetcars complete with headlight, and of course the very first Pantages Theater in the foreground. You’ll notice this is the first, less ornate Pantages that opened in 1904 (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 ...
AVA Condos - Downtown Seattle
2007-03-24 23:15:00 First Look - Ava Condominium The newest project from Urban Condominiums is AVA. Formerly known as 8th & Pine, AVA will be newest hotel / condo project to grace the Seattle skyline following on the heels of 2200, Olive8, Madison Tower, The Four Seasons, 1 Hotel, 2nd & Pike and 600 Denny. Developed by the Executive ... |
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