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I’ve been at Trace for 13 months now and just went through submitting all the one year issues with my place. For those curious here’s what was on my list:

Some grout in the bathtub surround has developed some holes in it for lack of a better way of describing it
The bathtub floor seems to be [...]

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Michael Klebeck is no longer associated with the Gun Club.
Rumor has it that someone associated with the War Room is looking at the space.
I’ve been really looking forward to a nice little local hang out opening up but I guess we’ll have to settle for a sales center for the foreseeable future.
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If you bought on the east side of Trace it’s going to get a little noisy and you might lose your view in a year or two.

From project #3008615:

Design Review, early design guidance meeting for a six story, 108 unit apartment building with 5,000 sq. ft. of ground floor retail. Parking will be located [...]

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Last Trace post for awhile, I promise.
Tonight we had the hand off meeting of the HOA from Ted, the developer, and his cronies to the home owners of Trace Lofts. The process, while somewhat agonizingly slow as everyone asked questions, was smooth. We waived the audit, expanded the board to five members and elected four [...]

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Trace North is at 35% sold:

Thirty-five spaces already sold, with new spaces releasing soon. Line up now and move-in mid-May.

And RAFN, Trace contractor, wins an award for Trace Lofts, Bellevue firms win restoration awards.
I’m sure a few residents are chuckling about:

Particular attention was paid to reduce noise by installing state-of-the-art, built-up acoustical floors and [...]

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I’ve been living at Trace Lofts for six months now and we still don’t have a home owners association. This has annoyed me but I work 60+ hours a week so its not like I have a lot of free time to read our 200 page public offering package to figure out what needs to [...]

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Last time I talked to Ted, Trace developer, about pricing he was adamant that he was in this for the long haul and that they would not ever lower prices. Imagine my surprise today when they dropped prices on #408 from $495,000 to $475,000 and #509 also from $495,000 to $475,000.
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The restaurant going into the ground floor of Trace North and 12th and Madison is Barrio [pdf]:

Barrio, pronounced “[something],” takes its name from the Spanish word for neighborhood, a term generally used to describe a cohesive place. The food will take an innovative approach to regional Mexican cuisine by bringing a simple and seasonal Northwest [...]

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Two units, identical floor plans, one on top of the other.
Oddly the higher unit featuring much higher ceilings is $50,000 less than the one below. Though the unit below has a larger balcony.
#404 – $350,000 – $555/sq ft
#504 – $300,000 – $475/sq ft
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I was wondering why my neighbor stopped parking next to me about three weeks ago. I figured it had to do with my switch from a compact four door car to a hulking SUV. Turns out it really has to do with leaking acid:
Dear Matt,
We have recently been made informed of a potential danger [...]

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