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Entries Tagged as 'Olive 8'

4,300 Sq. Ft. Penthouse at Olive 8

February 1st, 2010 · Comments

I didn’t realize Olive 8 had such a monster penthouse. 4,300 square feet, 2 beds, 3.5 baths and an outdoor patio larger than my condo. All for only $6.9 million.

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Andy Ends up at Olive 8

January 18th, 2010 · Comments

In early 2009 Andy Liu, CEO of Seattle startup Buddy TV, blogged about his $23,750 Mistake at Olive 8 and wrote about walking away from his earnest money.
Seems as though things ended up working out for Andy as he writes in a recent blog post, Real Estate Thoughts Part Deux:

I was ready to walk [...]

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Olive 8 Gets Loan Renewed

December 14th, 2009 · Comments

With 51 of 229 units closed Olive 8 gets a $90 million two year renewal to sell its remaining units.
Click through for the full press release.
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“Grand Unveiling of the Condos at Olive 8″

September 27th, 2009 · Comments

Mark your calendars. The “grand unveiling of the condominiums at Olive 8″ is Wednesday, October 7th, 5 to 8 pm.
It’s at the Grand Ballroom, third floor, 1635 Eighth Ave.

Cabaret performance by Stephen Barnes, Pianist for the PNW Ballet 6 to 7 pm
Hosted & catered by the Hyatt at Olive 8
Tour new models

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Buyer Gets Earnest Money Back At Was. Olive 8 Impact?

June 8th, 2009 · Comments

Today I heard that a client won the Washington Square arbitration case this past Friday and got back all their earnest money and attorney fees.
What I also heard is that the same attorney who represented the Washington Square client is also representing clients who bought at Olive 8. Also the same firm that represented Washington [...]

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Olive 8 Phasing Out Williams Marketing For CBB

June 5th, 2009 · Comments

Just received this email forwarded to me. Looks like Olive 8 is phasing out Williams Marketing for Coldwell Bainer Bain – Builder Solutions by having Williams Marketing focus on existing buyers and CBB focus on getting new ones.

R.C.Hedreen Co and Williams Marketing Inc. are pleased to announce that effective June 6th, they will be augmenting [...]

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Why Folks Are Walking From Big Deposits at Olive 8

May 2nd, 2009 · Comments

I know A LOT of people who had bought into Olive 8. The vast majority of which were real estate agents. I only knew two non-agents looking to buy. One of those, Andy Liu (CEO of Buddy TV and backer of sites like i can haz cheezeburger and Fail Blog), I knew to be really [...]

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Seattle Times Article on Buyers Backing Out

April 24th, 2009 · Comments

Seattle Times finally clued into the closing problem at the big shiny new downtown condos, At pricey high-rise Seattle condos, some buyers back out:

At Fifteen Twenty-one, developer Opus Northwest says more than one-quarter of the original buyers have walked away, some forfeiting deposits of $100,000 or more.
At Olive 8, at least 10 percent of the [...]

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Tags: 1521 · Olive 8 · Seattle Times

Olive 8 Video

April 1st, 2009 · Comments

Last night I took a video of one of the Olive 8 interiors but couldn’t post it because YouTube was down. Here it is:

Let me know what you think. Should I do more videos or just stick to photos?
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Olive 8 Interiors!

March 31st, 2009 · Comments

I got a peak at the Olive 8 interiors tonight, completely missing my Meritage annual meeting. Whoops! (Thanks to the Urbnlivn reader who tipped me off to the broker’s open tonight.)

Olive8 is currently 85% sold with closings happening now and move-ins starting in a week. With the market being what is you can expect a [...]

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