urbnlivn, a seattle condo blog

After lots of new boring listings coming on the market every day we finally have some interesting ones!
Bellora
Unit #310 at Bellora is sporting the largest mirror I’ve seen in a downtown condo:

I don’t want to know how much that fugly thing cost.
Colonial Grand Pacific
I guess with a name like Colonial Grand Pacific you’d sort […]

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On Saturday I swung by The Parc with Ming and Chelsea.

Of 185 units they have 138 sold. Some of which are being flipped.
Funny enough the sales center is moving from their third floor 2 bedroom unit to a live/work loft at street that they are going to rent from someone who was trying to […]

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Alrighty, no more buying the paper on Super Bowl weekend. Here’s the re-cap of ads in this past weekend’s Sunday Seattle Times:
1 Hotel Residences: Grand opening coming soon. Now selling. Occupancy 2010. It’s a lifestyle many desire but only a fortunate few will call their own.
1521: Occupancy 2008. Final purchase opportunity happening now. Call […]

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In the forums Phoebe asks:

They told me December (actually it started off as September, then it was October, then November and now I have been told December but haven’t been given a date). Has anyone in the North tower gotten a closing date? I’m wondering if they’re still running way behind and closing could potentially […]

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In response to a post about delays at Parc the community sales manager for the project has sent me this e-mail:

Hi Matt,
My name is Troy Howard, and I’m the Community Sales Manager for The Parc condominiums. I just wanted to drop you a line to help clear up any confusion amongst bloggers on your […]

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An anonymous reader writes in about their experiences at The Parc by Intracorp. How are Intracorp’s other projects doing? Hasn’t Domaine been delayed as well?
By an anonymous contributor
I bought a place at the Parc in Belltown, signed the purchase and sale [x] months ago for my very own [xxx] sq ft of Seattle. At first […]

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I went to the Expo today. Here’s an update on sales numbers.
1 - 143 reservations for 208 units
1521 - 131 of 141 units sold
Brix - 68 of 141 units sold
Domaine - 10 of 92 units sold. I heard a rumor they took all the units off the market but they haven’t. They have switched […]

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It’s been a while since I posted about the ads in the Sunday Seattle Times. Here’s a quick look at who’s advertising. You’ll notice only one Williams Marketing project on the list. Oddly last week the ran ads for Olive 8, Fini, Leona, 5th and Madison, Mosler, Meritage and Eastlake Lofts but this week they […]

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Seattle Times, Sculpture park as selling point:

Would a short walk to Seattle’s new Olympic Sculpture Park help persuade you to give up your home in the ‘burbs?
Sellers of condominium projects near the park in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood hope the answer is “yes.”

Ugh, I’m all for people moving in from the ‘burbs, but really, this park […]

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It was a busy week at work for me last week so I didn’t have time to do condo watch. Here’s a re-cap of the week:
2200
Wow, lots of new listings at Live 2200: #W700. #S-403, #W309, #W804, #1001, #S-505.
There was also two price drops - $33,000 price drop to $995,000 for unit #1106 and a […]

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