As rumored earlier this month, it’s now official! Olive 8 developer, RC Hedreen, has retained Kennedy Wilson to auction off 34 units on Sunday September 19th. Kennedy Wilson was also the auctioneer for the 5th and Madison auction. Get the full details at Olive8CondoAuction.com or go here if you don’t want to give them a [...]
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Olive 8 Condo Auction: 34 Units Sept 19th
August 18th, 2010 · View Comments
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Olive 8 Gets a Blog
May 2nd, 2010 · View Comments
I just stumbled across the “Official Blog of Olive 8″. On their blog you can read about their art shows, watch a video with testimonials of people already living there, and get an update on how sales are going: Sales are exceeding the developer’s — and the market’s — expectations. As of this week, contracts [...]
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4,300 Sq. Ft. Penthouse at Olive 8
February 1st, 2010 · View 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 · View 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 [...]
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Olive 8 Gets Loan Renewed
December 14th, 2009 · View 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 · View 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 [...]
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Buyer Gets Earnest Money Back At Was. Olive 8 Impact?
June 8th, 2009 · View 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 [...]
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Olive 8 Phasing Out Williams Marketing For CBB
June 5th, 2009 · View 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 [...]
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Why Folks Are Walking From Big Deposits at Olive 8
May 2nd, 2009 · View 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 · View 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 [...]
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