Apartment Production in Seattle On Track to Decline Sharply in 2020
Construction of new apartments has reached a five-year low in Seattle, according to data compiled by RentCafe. While it makes sense that construction would...
Northgate’s Construction Spree Is Just Starting
In the past two decades, development in and around Northgate has, for the most part, been a bit sleepy. Every few years a new...
Apartment Production Declines toward a 5-Year Low in Seattle Metro
The numbers come from a new national report, but data from the City of Seattle also indicates a sustained decrease in housing production.
According...
Seattle Poised to Remove SEPA Review Hurdle for Most Housing Projects
The Seattle City Council is proposing to scale back the range of construction projects required to get project-level State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review in a bid to boost homebuilding. The proposal will go to full council on February 10.
Seattle Must Stop Giving A/C the Cold Shoulder
Air Conditioning and Summer Insulation are Necessities, Not Amenities.
After moving to Seattle in 2020 from Southern California, I was surprised to find that the...
Scope Out Bellevue’s Skyline of Tomorrow
Buried behind a storm of mammoth projects are yet more potential development proposals in Downtown Bellevue. While these projects don't possess the scale of...
City Will Start Emergency Dismantling of Pier 58 within Two Weeks
Impatient for "The Big One," Pier 58 decided to follow the West Seattle Bridge's lead and started slipping in to the sound. Seattle Parks...
Natural Light In Buildings: NIMBY Rhetoric Or Livability Staple
Cities face a complex web of interconnected problems today — affordability, transportation, safety, livability and many others. Often these problems appear to be in...