urbnlivn, a seattle condo blog

I think Megan who does PR for Olive 8 should just write an Olive 8 blog but until that day comes I’ll re-post the occasional PR missive sent my way.
Today she sent over some photos of the blue roof:

Olive 8’s blue-glazed “eyebrow”, or roof canopy, is currently being installed. These ten-foot sheets of deep […]

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My favorite building in Seattle has a unit that is not on the MLS yet and I got a sneak peak at it tonight.
First, a big thanks goes to Edward Krigsman of ek Real Estate Group, who will be listing the place in the next day or two, for meeting me late tonight in […]

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19th Ave Lofts
#106 is two combined units at 19th Ave Lofts. 1279 square feet with two bedrooms for $529,950.

Market Place North
Want to live close to water? Check out 2021 1st Ave #G-12. This is another 1265 square foot place with two bedrooms but much pricer at $825,000.

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Banner Buiding
#403/404 at the Banner Building at 80 Vine St hit the MLS today. At 3 beds, 2.75 baths, 3,362 square feet the place is huge.
Even though the listing agent stands to gross $73,500 there are sadly no pictures yet except this exterior shot:

19th Ave Lofts
If you can’t afford $2.45 mil but still want […]

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I think it’s a little odd to see a fully furnished million dollar place be FSBO’d on Zillow but to each their own in this crazy market. But what caught my eye was all the stainless and concrete at 415 W Mercer #901 a 2,113 square foot place listed at $1,150,000:

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The Equinox newsletter today points us to their new virtual tour.
They actually have three. The first (labeled “Virtual Tour” is very lame. They took some photos, panned and zoomed the photos and added music. The second and third (”Home Tour” and “Amenities”) were okay.
What do you think? Good spend of their marketing dollars […]

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Seattle PI reports Project’s developers make switch from condos to rental apartments.
How does Moda go from 15% of units falling through to so many falling through that they need to go rental? Was the building way more investors than actual home buyers? Or was it mainly first time home buyers who were putting 0% down?
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Remember Queen Anne High School? They’re still around with 19 units on the MLS.
Today they chopped some prices.
#267 went down in price $74,000 to $509,950.
#171 went down in price $25,050 to $299,950.
And unlike Trio these aren’t “pump and dumps” where they start with a high price only to dramatically drop the price three […]

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Trio must be looking to move some units as they recently reduced #107 $100,000 in price down to $399k!
Here’s a winner photo of the interior:

They also dropped the price on #319 $60k to $439k.
Shameless Redfin plugin: We were on the front page of the Seattle Times today, Home buying: How to find sweetest deals
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Gallery move in schedule is as follows:

As summer comes to a close, so too does construction at Gallery. Move-ins for floors 1-5 are scheduled for early September while floors 6-9 will follow at the end of September or the beginning of October. The final floors, 10-13, are scheduled for October

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