This morning Javila and I both woke up early so she could give me a hard hat tour of Brix. Thanks Javila!
We walked through their just staged brownstone unit on leafy 10th Ave and a number of unfinished two story lofts and flats. They’re currently about 2/3rds sold and expect to receive their temporary certificate of occupancy towards the end of July.
They have a dizzying array of floor plans. Enough to suit almost every type of customer. Though I personally would shy away from the units facing into the courtyard. As I posted earlier they are partnered with HTI for home automation stuff and Javila says they’re seeing a lot of folks getting surround sound and wall TV mounts. With a few people getting fancy automated blinds.
Kind of surprisingly after seeing all the units I think my favorite one is the brownstone as it has good separation of space while some of the other spaces feel too open (I can’t believe I wrote that either but as I’ve started sharing my space with another person the wide open loft thing is losing some appeal.)
I also like the idea of moving the TV to a separate space other than the living room like you can do with this floor plan:
(Trace North has a number of similar floor plans with den.)
This is primarily a result of me trying to figure out how to incorporate a TV into my living room. It and its required furniture just doesn’t fit well with a nice part of art on my living room wall and its driving me crazy.
Here are some photos from their staged brownstone unit.
Look, my head is being microwaved. Also notice, nice Viking range:
View from the den overlooking the living room:
Double sinks, huge mirror:
Nice shower:
They also have a great view from the roof top deck. Notice the old QFC finally being torn down! Yay!
View all the photos including ones of un-finished units.
If you’re looking for a cleaner loft look than the rugged reclaimed nature of Trace Lofts check them out. Also consider the brownstones if you’re looking for a townhome on Capitol Hill. They definitely are more appealing than most of the cookie cutter townhomes out there.
The downsides to Brix? The north part of Capitol Hill hasn’t been that nice but with the QFC coming down and new retail coming in that will change just like 12th and Madison has changed. The units don’t really have views but not everyone is a view freak.
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8 responses so far ↓
1 Javila // Jun 2, 2008 at 7:13 pm
It was great to see you today Matt. Thanks for coming by so early. :)
2 cshecks // Jun 2, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Oh man, I am feeling like my developer raped me at the perfect time…..he put out a crappy product w/ little other inventory on the market at the time. Good pictures of Brix, that place looks really really cool.
3 jo // Jun 3, 2008 at 1:32 pm
I really like Brix, I think it’s going to turn out great
hopefully they put something as nice up across the street
4 Eric // Jun 5, 2008 at 6:22 am
The following is a link to the City of Seattle’s website where it shows the design for the apartment building being built across the street. It’s under the December 19th “Design Proposal” tab. It’s not the final design (the final hasn’t been posted yet), but it gives you a good idea. Although it’s an absolutely massive development, I think it’s pretty decent, with a fair amount of brick. It should compliment Brix well on the north end of Broadway.
http://cityofseattle.org/dpd/Planning/Design_Review_Program/Project_Reviews/reports/default.asp?p=3004668
5 jcricket // Jun 5, 2008 at 7:59 am
Nice to see stuff happening to densify an already dense but too-lifeless section of Broadway. I hope they don’t “gut” the fun stuff, though, with residents complaining about noise, etc. Just like the complaints about the development where Kincorra’s used to be, I think it’s lame if developers sell a “hip” neighborhood but then essentially zone out the hip-ness from their own building.
I want Broadway to be much better than the Ave - 5-6 stories tall, lots of shops, eateries and nightlife.
6 Red Frog // Jun 5, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Brix looks just like too many new condos in Vancouver (Canada) i.e. their fixtures and appliances are 30 years behind Europe, Australia, Japan etc. Microwave ovens above a stove, especially a gas one, are extremely dangerous. Gas stoves were first used in the late 19th century and are the cheapest type of cooking fuel in many countries but since the 1970s electric coils under glass became common -outside North America–in the 1980s it was halogen bulbs under glass (at the same time microwave ovens that also bake and broil were introduced). The 1990s brought induction cooking, much faster and more precise than gas. Induction hobs are now quite cheap, again on foreign shores. Having the kitchen sink and the stove across the aisle from one another is very impractical. Showers with only one fixed head have gone out of style in other countries 15 years ago. Double sinks in small bathrooms are a waste of space. Note that I .do not want to buy Euro , Australian etc, fixtures and appliances. I just wish that we could make truly modern stuff right here in North America. Of course in all these other countries most people wouldn’t dream of buying a condo or house and end up with exactly the same appliances, fixtures, tiles etc. as all their neighbours. The developers offer a .package for X Euros etc for the finishing of the interior and each owner choose what he/ she prefers and even do trade off: If they already own a great kitchen (cabinets, appliances and all) the price of a new kitchen is deducted and that extra money used for better flooring, more and better wall tiles, light fixtures etc. At the very least a developer will offer similar kitchen and bath cabinets to all the owners but each one will choose doors of a colour and finish they like. This is done in many countries so why not here in North America?? (my job in a previous life was to help home owners choose everything–even the design and colour of switch plates and plugs, radiators, door handles etc. etc. )
7 jo // Jun 6, 2008 at 9:13 am
for some reason that posts reminds me of this
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/02/22/72-study-abroad/
8 Red Frog // Jun 8, 2008 at 2:16 pm
jo is so very perceptive… I did study abroad thought, in my case, abroad was the USA.. and I am not Caucasian.
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