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Downtown, a “Vertical Community” for a New Seattle Takes Shape

Michael van Baker — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:02:02 +0000

But perhaps Via6 lets you save money in other ways. Maybe not at the Tom Douglas restaurant, coffee shop, and urban market, but, suggests project manager Matt Rosauer, "If people want to try life without a car, this could be their spot."

Are Seattle’s Rent Prices Heading Up or Down?

Michael van Baker — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:48:43 +0000

Even with thousands of new apartments on the way, concludes Everett Rummage, "with the city’s economy recovering, and unemployment continuing to fall, there’s no reason to expect the rent to remain anything but Too Damn High." That's the opposite sloganeering spin of Seattle Bubble, where the headline is "The Rent Won’t Be Too Damn High For Long."

Today in Metaphors, Iconic Seattle Tower’s Foreclosure Auction Set for Spring

Michael van Baker — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:18:45 +0000

It's not an auction, really, for just anyone to participate in. Previous owners Walton Street Capital, based in Chicago, had bubble-burst dreams of increasing square-footage revenue by converting the tower's small office spaces into condos, but after shepherding the existing tenants out the door, they watched the luxury condo market slump catastrophically. They owed over $40 million, and couldn't meet operating expenses with a vacancy rate around 70 percent.

The Compostman Always Rings Twice

Michael van Baker — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:05:50 +0000

Those projections, in part, explain why this September all Seattle apartment and condo dwellers will be required to compost food scraps as well. If your apartment or condo has any kind of landscaping, there is probably already a yard waste cart. But if you don't see a food waste cart, you might want to put a bug in your landlord's ear to visit this page to sign up. The deadline for the ordinance is September 2011. After that, you're a non-composting outlaw.