Melrose Promenade Breaks Ground This Week After Significant Delay
Initiated by urban designer Michael Kent back in 2010, the Melrose Promenade is officially breaking ground this week according to an update from the...
Mass Timber Social Housing on Public Land FTW
This past spring, the Washington State Legislature passed HB 2382 --a bill that allows public agencies to utilize surplus public land for affordable housing development. The...
Sunday Video: What The Global Skyscraper Boom Really Means
https://youtu.be/ZfYkd6_Kdno
Is there any credence to the skyscraper index in forecasting economic downturns? Bloomberg Citylab explores this debated theory.
Construction Notices: One Way Toward Being A Better Neighbor
A construction notice for a new mixed-use building appeared on Capitol Hill Seattle yesterday. The notice itself is fairly succinct explaining the anticipated construction...
Op-Ed: Proposed Tree Legislation Awaits Its Turn to Add to Seattle’s Housing Woes
There’s a saying that the path of progress doesn’t follow a straight line. This has certainly been what I've experienced in my two decades...
Market Street Developments Are Creating A New Urban Neighborhood East of Ballard
There’s a spot just inside Seattle's Gilman Park where the scent of turned earth and new asphalt mingles with that of cooking grains coming...
Sunday Video: Bellevue SEM Tunneling
Sound Transit explains how the tunnel in Bellevue is being constructed without tunnel boring machines.
https://youtu.be/hUJnSkKu7ZM
NEOM Seattle – What the Saudi Megaprojects Would Look Like On Puget Sound
Since we last checked in on the megaproject/arcology beat, there has been some progress on the new NEOM linear city rising from the sands...







