East Link TOD: Spring District Gradually Blossoms with Development
Buoyed by its light rail station and master plan, the Spring District has seen more than 2,000 homes, 4 million square feet of office, and 8,000 parking stalls recently delivered or in development.
Midweek Video: East Link’s Bellevue Tunnel Is Complete
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Take a gander at the progress of Sound Transit’s new Bellevue light rail tunnel and downtown station opening in 2023 as part of East...
Seattle Council Expands Tree Protections, Pedersen Dissents
Seeking to grow its tree canopy cover, Seattle -- a city originally built on logging and carved out of towering old growth forest --...
Downtown Bellevue Anticipates a Wave of Mega-Projects
Among the many projects up for consideration in Downtown Bellevue, a significant faction stands out for the sheer scale of its developments. These projects...
Off Limits: How Seattle’s Suburbs Are Blocking Housing
Suburbs surrounding Seattle, some of them literally islands, are pulling up the drawbridges to growth. That is putting even more pressure on Seattle to...
East Link TOD: Microsoft Grows Around Redmond Technology Station, If Not Housing
A huge Microsoft Campus "Refresh" redevelopment is underway next door to Redmond Technology Station. It will add three million square feet of office space, but not much housing and no highrises.
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...
Kuo/郭: Watching Chinatown’s Gentrifying/Generational Change
Some of my earliest memories of taking public transit were the times when my maternal grandparents would occasionally walk me and my brother to...