urbnlivn, a seattle condo blog

You’re probably wondering when I’ll stop posting these lame link round ups. Me too.
Seattle PI has a story with a great headline, Instead of condos, Queen Anne gets cars. Yes, that’s right, we can’t afford condos any more but we can afford luxury cars? Makes perfect sense. The article does mention some inventory numbers:

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Earlier this week the Seattle Times ran an article on Tom Kundig, Seattle architect Tom Kundig known for daring architecture, basic style:

His down-to-earth style and disarming personality almost seem to clash with his highbrow résumé — one riddled with big-name clients and daring projects and, most recently, the architecture design award from The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt […]

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My Vegas weekend hang over is finally starting to wear off so time for a quick post about the new listings that hit the market this past weekend.
615 Pike Lofts
Another big loft is for sale at 615 E Pike. Unit 406 is located on the rounded corner side of the building. At $889,000 $774,000 […]

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Seattle Times columnist Nicole Brodeur is skeptical of Escala’s ability to raise prices amid all this recession talk in, Condo grandeur’s price still climbing:

Recession? What recession?
There’s no such thing at Escala, the 31-story, mixed-use condominium complex under construction at Fourth and Virginia in downtown Seattle.Escala is so confident about Seattle’s prospects that this week, the […]

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I was going through old email and found this one that included a rendering of the Kress Supermarket opening in June at 3rd and Pine.

Nice to see they’re going to go with small package sizes. I hate busting my arms home carrying pop and what not:

Without parking, Kress encourages shoppers to buy only what […]

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The Seattle Times has a brief story on the first condo to close at the Four Seasons, $7 million buys an unfinished shell atop posh hotel:

The Wrights don’t have the distinction of buying Seattle’s priciest condo ever. According to county records, that honor goes to the Brian J. Marks Living Trust, which bought Unit 2700 […]

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Wow, we go from a spring with no exciting units to a summer just jam packed with inventory. If you were sitting on the sidelines there is finally some good condos to choose from. Here’s a roundup of what’s caught my eye in the last week.
Cosmo - Huge price drops
Ashley has the scoop on three […]

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From the Seattle Times today, Bellevue condo project, European Tower, put on hold:

The developer of 16-story European Tower, a downtown Bellevue project whose design features just one unit on each floor, said Wednesday that it won’t start construction until the market turns around.
Eugene Gershman, chief operating officer of Bellevue-based GIS International Group, attributed the delay […]

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Thanks to Megan for the invite to join the broker hard hat tour of Olive 8 today!

We checked out the floor with the game room and patio area (only 4 BBQs), a walk through of the 26th floor, and then walked down from the 3rd floor and saw the pool, spa, lobby and restaurant.
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Hurry and buy soon at Escala because the Seattle Times reports, Seattle luxury-condo complex Escala will raise prices:

Developer Lexas Cos. said this week that on June 5 it will raise the asking prices 3 to 7 percent for about 70 unsold units that have been on the market since last spring.

What’s the market doing?
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