Comments on: 2015 2nd Avenue Design Review http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2008/06/2015-2nd-avenue-design-review Thu, 17 May 2012 21:49:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: biff http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2008/06/2015-2nd-avenue-design-review/comment-page-1#comment-48868 biff Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:19:22 +0000 http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2008/06/2015-2nd-avenue-design-review#comment-48868 Entitlement is relatively cheap and allows you to market and effectively sell the whole project to other funds/developers as a turn-key. Housing market in Seattle isn't really slowing down compartively. Also if you want to hit the upswing -you need to be entitling and complete the project when the market is hot versus under construction and selling when the market is cool (Escala). Cricket your rationale is so weak I'm not going to respond. Entitlement is relatively cheap and allows you to market and effectively sell the whole project to other funds/developers as a turn-key. Housing market in Seattle isn’t really slowing down compartively. Also if you want to hit the upswing -you need to be entitling and complete the project when the market is hot versus under construction and selling when the market is cool (Escala).

Cricket your rationale is so weak I’m not going to respond.

]]> By: Bob http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2008/06/2015-2nd-avenue-design-review/comment-page-1#comment-48821 Bob Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:34:13 +0000 http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2008/06/2015-2nd-avenue-design-review#comment-48821 I thought that because of the slowing housing market, nothing was moving forward.. Can someone tell me why these projects are any different? I thought that because of the slowing housing market, nothing was moving forward.. Can someone tell me why these projects are any different?

]]> By: jcricket http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2008/06/2015-2nd-avenue-design-review/comment-page-1#comment-48794 jcricket Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:55:10 +0000 http://seattlecondosandlofts.com/2008/06/2015-2nd-avenue-design-review#comment-48794 I understand a little about available properties to build, but do they have to build every super-tall-tower in the same block? It seems like every new development I read about is right next to another one (or a large commercial building). Seems lame. I wouldn't buy on the east side of Escala, for example, if those two ridiculously tall towers are gonna be built there in a couple of years. Why not make use of spacier confines (at least for now). We're probably 20 years away from having so many residents downtown that we need to cram our skyscrapers right next to each other like that. I understand a little about available properties to build, but do they have to build every super-tall-tower in the same block?

It seems like every new development I read about is right next to another one (or a large commercial building).

Seems lame. I wouldn’t buy on the east side of Escala, for example, if those two ridiculously tall towers are gonna be built there in a couple of years.

Why not make use of spacier confines (at least for now). We’re probably 20 years away from having so many residents downtown that we need to cram our skyscrapers right next to each other like that.

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