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From the Seattle Times, Queen Anne condo manager accused of stealing from neighbors:

The live-in manager of a posh Queen Anne condominium building with multimillion-dollar views has been accused of stealing from her well-to-do neighbors, possibly for up to two years.

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Seattle Times, Developer slashes number of stories for Watermark site:

A developer who proposed a 32-story condo tower two years ago on the site of Watermark Credit Union’s downtown Seattle headquarters now wants to build an office building less than half that tall instead.

This is of particular interest to Cosmo residents as it affects their block. […]

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Today the New York Times has an article on Amazon’s move to South Lake Union, Amazon Consolidates in Growing Area of Seattle:

If Amazon exercises all of its options, it may spend as much as $1.5 billion under a 16-year agreement to lease 11 buildings in South Lake Union, a lakefront neighborhood a little more than […]

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Seattle Times, Seattle envisions new Civic Square:

In the latest design proposal, a curved tower of 22 stories of office space would rise on the Cherry Street side of the block and narrow into 17 stories of 155 condos. Lower stories would be used for retail.

The block they’re talking about is at 3rd and Cherry.

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Seattle Times has an article on Developers dangle discounts, toys to lure home buyers.
Keep in mind this same thing happened last fall. I suspect many developers have their fiscal year lined up with the calendar year and want to move units in order to close their books on a high note.
Of course […]

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Seattle Times, Housing fees don’t damp building boom:

Those regulations, which took effect in spring 2006, allow residential developers to build to 400 feet, or about 40 floors, in parts of downtown’s Denny Triangle, an area now dominated by parking lots and low-rise buildings.
Elsewhere downtown, residential developers are allowed to build to 45 stories or more.
In […]

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Seattle Times, Seattle buildings going tall for the middle class:

Mayor Greg Nickels is considering a proposal to raise height limits on residential buildings in the Interbay, South Lake Union and South Downtown neighborhoods — on the condition that developers create some units for people who make too much money to qualify for government-subsidized housing, but […]

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The Seattle Times has an article looking at condo hotels, specifically, 1 (worst name ever), Owning a hotel room for pleasure, profit:

He’ll make a down payment of $240,000, and get a 30-year loan with a 6.88 percent interest rate for the rest, with a monthly mortgage payment of $2,366, not including property tax, insurance and […]

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First a touchy feeling article, First-time buyers find ray of hope in condos.
And now the cold hard numbers King County condos.
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Seattle Times, Rents soar through the roofs:

Average rents are up 12 percent on the Eastside this year, the highest rise ever recorded for that area.
In Seattle, it was 8 percent, below the modern record of 9 percent in the dot-com years.
Driving it all is a booming economy and the condo craze. So many apartments are […]

Popularity: 6% [?]

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