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The Parc is really looking to move its remaining units and is offering a $8,000 credit to match the first time home buyer credit of $8,000. I wonder if you don’t qualify for the first time home buyer credit are you still eligible for the Parc one?
Fine print:

The $8,000 Intracorp matching credit is applied towards [...]

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1521 Lighting
1521 is starting off their grand opening week by lighting up every unit:

the 38-story Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue, the newest addition to Seattle’s skyline, will be lit from top to bottom at approximately 5:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 26. The lighting will last for approximately one hour.

Hopefully it will be dark enough :P.
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Just got an email from The Parc announcing big reductions this weekend. No mention of what units are getting the cuts though.

Next weekend (December 6, 7 and 8th), we are having a special 72-hour price reduction at The Parc. Select homes will be reduced by as much as $150,000 (approximately $650,000 in total price [...]

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I don’t really get this ad; “Vote Intracorp”?

From touring their building recently I don’t think this really reaches their target demographic.
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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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