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I see over on Ben’s blog that Brix has re-designed their sales center.

Brix: April 13th, 6-8 PM
Brix is unveiling their redesigned presentation center at 700 Broadway Ave E. Buyers can now view a full-scale model home and chat with the developer & architect. Refreshments including locally-brewed Elysian Beer will be served.

Very interesting. Does anyone have […]

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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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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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I haven’t picked up a Seattle Sunday Times recently but I did this weekend and was surprised just few ads there were. The marketing firms are really dialing back their spending on Sunday paper advertising. I’m curious to know if they are advertising elsewhere (one of these days they’ll catch on to Google ads as […]

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People have been chatting about The FatReport in the comments, so it’s time to start blogging about what they’re publishing.
Selling well
Here are some projects that have been selling well.

Cosmo - 239 of 250 units sold
Meritage - 46 of 48 units sold
Mosler - 136 of 150 units sold
Parc - 136 of 185 units sold

Lots of inventory
Here […]

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I received an email from Brix on their latest:

During our first VIP preview weekend, we reserved approximately 50% of our homes and those buyers will be going to contract next week! We are continuing to take reservations for VIPs only until Sunday, October 15th and we have a wonderful selection of remaining homes. […]

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Today I went and visited Brix, and no I wasn’t one of the people camped out in lawn chairs at 8am (I was off sailing today).
Here are some misc notes:

Architect is Mithun
The 10th building is wood frame construction
The Broadway building is steel stud construction
The floor IS NOT concrete slab which I found surprising
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I got the following email about the Brix presentation center opening tomorrow:

We would like to welcome you to our our Presentation Center and I just wanted to check in with you! Brix is an incredible opportunity that you have the chance to be a part of at the ground level. The spark of Broadway will […]

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New condominiums add to Broadway neighborhood renaissance [pdf]

From the article:

Replacing the old Safeway
Six floors, 141 homes
Completed beginning 2008
Architect: Mithun
Interior design: Markie Nelson
Lofts, two story homes, open one bedrooms, one and two bedrooms
One side red brick, the other glass, steel
7,700 square feet of retail
Bosch and Fisher & Paykel appliances
Floating islands
Rooftop deck w/gas bbq
Undergrounding parking

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Here are the details on the Brix pre-sale.

Please stop by the new Brix Sales center located at 700 Broadway East between October 7, 2006 and
October 15, 2006 from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm daily for an exclusive VIP preview of Brix. As a VIP registrant,
you will have the first opportunity to preview Brix and […]

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