Business, News, Real Estate

Glazer’s Camera Will Survive Hot SLU Real Estate Market

The Wolff Company, itself a third-generation, family-owned firm, has announced that “Glazer’s will occupy the new mixed-use development’s exciting two-story commercial corner on 8th same location where the store exists today.” Glazer’s is signing a long-term agreement that will allow them to move their rental and lighting and supplies locations in under one roof there at 8th and Republican. Continue reading Glazer’s Camera Will Survive Hot SLU Real Estate Market

Bar, Drinks, Food, Restaurant

Olmeca Altos Takes Tequila to the Next Level

The new spirit is 100-percent blue agave tequila from the Los Altos region of Jalisco, Mexico, created by Master Distiller Jesus Hernandez with the input of several tequila-loving bartenders from around the world. Continue reading Olmeca Altos Takes Tequila to the Next Level

Environment, News, Politics, Real Estate

City Council Gets an Earful of Support for SLU Rezone to 400′

The majority voiced support for Mayor Mike McGinn’s proposal to rezone parts of South Lake Union to allow for towers up to 400 feet tall or about 40 stories. At that height, buildings could obstruct some views of Puget Sound, the Space Needle, and Lake Union from Capitol Hill. Continue reading City Council Gets an Earful of Support for SLU Rezone to 400′

Business, News, Transportation

Amazon Buys in to Same-Day Employee-Delivery System Called “Streetcar”

On the streetcar side, Amazon would buy a fourth streetcar and so reduce the wait between trains to just 10 minutes, instead of the current 15 (it does run more frequently during rush hour weekdays, from 4 to 6:30 p.m.). Though it travels just 1.3 miles, the South Lake Union streetcar now carries 2,900 passengers each weekday. Continue reading Amazon Buys in to Same-Day Employee-Delivery System Called “Streetcar”

Crime, News

A Daylight Restaurant Robbery in the Heart of Amazon Country

At 9:22 a.m. Friday morning, on the 300 block of Terry Avenue North, armed robbers entered a restaurant–police are specifying which, but since the block includes the Brave Horse Tavern, Cuoco, and Portage Bay Cafe, the odds are good that Tom Douglas took a loss. Continue reading A Daylight Restaurant Robbery in the Heart of Amazon Country

Business, News, Transportation

Letter to Jeff Bezos: Let’s Talk Gondolas

I’m not an engineer, Jeff. But I think I share your interest in disruptive technology. And when it comes to the constraints, or guiding forces, of this particular situation, I am betting that you, like me, will come to the conclusion that the solution here is gondolas. Continue reading Letter to Jeff Bezos: Let’s Talk Gondolas

Business, News, Real Estate

Seattle’s Office Space Retrenches While Zombies Watch

The Seattle office space market has absorbed 797,000 square feet so far in 2011, reports Colliers International in their third quarter survey. Colliers tracks Class A, B and C office buildings that are 10,000 square feet and larger (medical buildings excepted). Seattle’s current vacancy rate is 16.53 percent, down from 18.13 percent a year ago. (The Eastside is “stagnant” at 14 percent–there are “16 properties with contiguous vacant spaces above 50,000 SF available.”) Continue reading Seattle’s Office Space Retrenches While Zombies Watch