Land Use

Facing waning demand for office spaces, landlords are weighing housing conversions, with Mayor Harrell and the Seattle City Council aiming to nudge them in that direction with a recently passed package of regulatory incentives. Financial incentives could be next, but hurdles remain.

Imagine two million people living in Seattle city limits. You may think this is only possible with a skyline like New York or Hong...

Light rail is coming to North Seattle and in transit-years, 2024 is just around the corner! The City of Seattle’s Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD)...

https://youtu.be/h-I6HFQXquU Bloomberg CityLab explains how cities can rebuild around bikes quickly for the Covid and post-Covid era and why it’s vitally important to do so....

The first public hearing on the Downtown/South Lake Union Rezone is 6pm Monday (March 13th) at City Hall, and we encourage you to testify. Show up...

There's a segment of Americans and Canadians that like to say that good urbanism can't be replicated in North American cities because their countries...

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.

Third places are a critical part of communities. They provide another space for people to be and mingle. But the suburbs and North American...