News, Real Estate

Economy Exerts “Downward Pressure” on King County Real Estate Prices

The health of the home real estate market correlates strongly with people’s ability to pay their mortgages, so it’s not surprising that three years of chronic unemployment have done little to improve local listings: “King County median home price falls by double digits again,” Eric Pryne tells you in the Seattle Times. As a case in free fall, here’s a top-floor unit in a 1924 brick co-op condo at 13th and Cherry going for $79,900…somewhat less than its original listing of $184,900. Continue reading Economy Exerts “Downward Pressure” on King County Real Estate Prices

Environment, News, Travel

How Green is Your Hotel?

To find out more about sustainability at hotels, I set up a meeting with Molly Phillips, the Global Responsibility Manager at the 160-room Pan Pacific Hotel in Seattle, in the South Lake Union neighborhood. You might be surprised to learn that a luxury hotel has someone directing sustainability efforts–I was. Was it just greenwashing?

But Phillips is an alumnus (’08) of the Bainbridge Graduate Institute, where she got her MBA in Sustainable Business. And she’s serious about closing waste streams. Continue reading How Green is Your Hotel?