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Seems like the flood gates have opened on interesting listings.
First up is a live/work unit at the Klee. My friend Ming bought the live/work unit that last came on the market there a year or so ago. I definitely like the live/work units at the Klee more so than the rest of the units. Must [...]

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The pedestrian lights on 12th between Madison and Pike are acting up (turning on for a few minutes, then off, then on…) and we’d love to see them fixed. Unfortunately the city is reporting a two month delay in street light repairs.

We’re hoping that by having a number of people report the problem we [...]

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A bunch of us at Trace Lofts were shocked and appalled when last week a big Starbucks banner went up on the east side of our building:

Emails flew back and forth and it was pointed out to us that we should have read what we were signing a little more closely when we bought our [...]

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Last night residents of Trace Lofts and Trace North were invited to a Tavern Law pre-opening party; Tavern Law is the gastropub opening in the ground floor retail of Trace Lofts.

It’s about time! One of the appeals to me of buying at Trace was the promise of living above restaurants and bars. Unfortunately it’s [...]

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Not to be out done by Brix, Trace North is also hosting a happy hour from 6 to 8 pm this Friday.
In other Trace news #402 at Trace Lofts is being re-sold. It originally sold for $515k June 2008 and is listed at $549k. It’s a 820 square foot unit, essentially a studio. I [...]

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I recognize that this blog is quickly in danger of becoming a mouth piece for Ted Schroth. However, in my defense, I would really like a gym in my building because I am very lazy. Also, with this frigid weather I think that cold vacant space beneath my unit is increasing my heating bill. So [...]

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The big news of the night was finding out that the team behind the Spur in Belltown will be operating what has been known as “the Gun Club.”

The Gun Club is the long awaited bar going into the smaller retail space in the Trace Lofts building. Originally it was promised for summer ‘08 but [...]

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After a road ride out to Alki I only made it to three lofts today before heading out to hockey.
Trace Lofts
First I checked out #308 upstairs to me at Trace. Looks like a great unit for a single person. Would be a little tight for two though! They didn’t get much traffic through though. [...]

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1310 E Union
#202 is down to $800,000.
2200
Someone sent me a photo of a notice of default for a 2200 unit.
Belltown Lofts
Need a 790 square foot modern space with commercial kitchen? Check out 66 Bell St #4 for $300,000.

Avalon
Need a cozy small space in Lower Queen Anne? Check out 22 John [...]

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Early this week a few of you noticed that the Trace MLS listings went offline. My emails and phone calls to the Trace team went unanswered. Today this email went out from ek:

Trace Lofts. Almost sold out. Thank you for making Trace a success.
Although ek Real Estate Group is no longer representing Trace, we continue [...]

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