urbnlivn, a seattle condo blog

Aubrey at the Seattle PI has an article on the well discussed tower spacing issue at Cosmo, Condo owners struggle for views as Seattle rises.
The article mentions two folks who have actually left the building because of this. One sold, the other is renting their place out. The article also has a sound bite […]

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The PI had a front page article today on, Is Seattle too easy on developers?

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It must be a slow news week if this is front page news for the PI, Naming sections of Seattle … again?

Ian Cohen’s advertising agency recently moved to Fifth Avenue — the heart of what condo marketers and breathless real estate blogs call “Midtown” Seattle.
Micro-neighborhood names have proliferated as residents colonize new parts of downtown […]

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This past Sunday the Seattle PI had an article on the condo market, Will condo wave swamp the market?

Interesting quote:

Half of the approximately 1,600 condos Gardner expected to hit the market in 2010 still are looking for financing. Scaling back projects actually would lower the risk of overbuilding and help prevent Seattle from becoming the […]

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The Seattle PI has an article today about the lengths sellers are going to, Home sellers trying it all to hook choosy buyers:

Jennifer Nilssen wants to sell her Ballard condominium — fast.
She set her asking price about $20,000 below that of comparable condos in her building. She’s offering to finance 10 percent of the purchase […]

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Yes, I’m behind on posting. Fortunately now that I’m on vacation time to just veg out and surf the web.
From the Seattle PI last week, Smith Tower condo plan wins a unanimous vote:

The historic Smith Tower took a major step Wednesday toward becoming condominiums.
In a unanimous vote, Seattle’s Pioneer Square Preservation Board approved a […]

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Seattle PI, When diners speak up online, restaurants listen.
When condo consumers speak up online do developers, architects, interior designers, marketing firms and real estate agents listen?
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I biked by Ruby Condos on Eastlake where it meets Allison on Monday, occupancy summer 2008.
The Seattle PI had an article on, Condo dwellers seek quieter life in new parts of city. My unit at Trace Lofts at the corner of 12th and Madison is likely to be anything but quiet.
Ashely looks at Million […]

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A co-worker taped this to my monitor; from the Seattle PI:

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Seattle PI on the First Church conversion, Film will be church’s last hurrah:

For the past several weeks, the Capitol Hill church has served as a backdrop and home base for the filming of “The Spy and the Sparrow,” an independent film slated for festival release later this year.
Where there are lights and cameras today, there […]

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