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Entries Tagged as 'Capitol Hill'

A Home For Lock Boxes

August 24th, 2010 · View Comments

MLS lock boxes for Trace Lofts used to live on the floor outside our door shackled with bike locks to a pipe. I’m glad to see that our building recently installed a railing to get them off the ground and have not look unsightly. It’s a small thing, but a nice touch. Note to developers: [...]

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Trace North Announces Further Price Cuts

August 22nd, 2010 · View Comments

In addition to Gallery, on Friday Trace North announced another round of price cuts (our coverage from the last round): For your reference here are the sales from the last three months at Trace North according to Redfin: #501, a 2 bed, 2 bath, 996 square foot unit sold $429,000 on August 12th. #617, a [...]

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Schnitzer Unloads Equinox for $65 million

August 3rd, 2010 · View Comments

While I was downhill mountain biking at Whistler last week the Times reported that Schnitzer [sold] two big properties for more than $300M. One of them being failed condo project Equinox which converted to apartments just a year ago: Schnitzer got another $65 million for Equinox, a recently completed 204-unit apartment building in Seattle’s Eastlake [...]

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Tags: Brix · Equinox

$2.25 Mil Condo On Capitol Hill

July 17th, 2010 · View Comments

There’s not many million dollar plus condos on Capitol Hill so when one hits the market at at $2.25 million it is pretty notable. The condo in question is 915 Harvard Ave E and features 3 beds, 3,700 square feet, parking for two cars and a private elevator. The interiors are certainly not my style [...]

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Top Floor Resale at Brix

July 16th, 2010 · View Comments

A top floor resale at Brix has hit the market, unit 327 for $500,000 for a 974 square foot two bedroom. The seller paid $540,000 in September 2008. They’ll face competition selling the unit as there are still 27 units available according to King County Records: Current average appraisal: $428,333 You must have JavaScript enabled [...]

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25 on the Park Photos & Drama

June 28th, 2010 · View Comments

First the drama. For those who don’t know the short story on Twenty Five on the Park is that the original developer Dwell signed over the project to City Bank. City Bank went belly up and the project is now owned by the FDIC with Howland Homes as the agents. And now it turns out [...]

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Short Sale Loft at Portofino

June 24th, 2010 · View Comments

Short sales aren’t for the faint of heart or the impatient. But if you’re up for the challenge check out unit 306 at Portofino Lofts (417 E Pine) in the Pike/Pine Corridor that just hit the market at $349,950 (they paid $430k in September 2006). It’s 830 square feet and sports a tricked out kitchen [...]

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500sf Loft at Monique Lofts

June 19th, 2010 · View Comments

I heard a rumor the other day that two units were coming available at Monique Lofts. Looks like the first one to hit the market is #305 a 500 square foot loft with a 100 square foot half height sleeping area. It’s priced at $250k which is $7k less than it sold for in 2005: [...]

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Another Large Corner Unit at 615 E Pike

June 19th, 2010 · View Comments

Now unit 402 is an awesome unit at 615 E Pike St that just came back on the market. It’s priced at $650k for a two bedroom 1,736 square foot north west corner unit. If I wasn’t cycling 100 miles tomorrow I’d check it out at its open house from 1-4: Disclaimer: this unit is [...]

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Exposed Brick and Steel at Trace Lofts

June 15th, 2010 · View Comments

One of my neighbors at Trace Lofts has put their unit up for sale. Unlike the other units which have primarily been of the

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