Canal Station

Canal Station North Condominium in Ballard is down to its final home for sale…a 530 square foot one-bedroom priced at $179,950. This home includes slab granite counters, designer fixtures and parking.

Veer Lofts

Veer Lofts in South Lake Union is also in its final close out with just 4 homes available (unit #111 has sold), all available between $273,000 and $354,000. It sound like they’re offering additional buyer incentives, too. Gotta ask for them, though. Veer Lofts is FHA approved.

www.VeerLofts.com

Sylvan Ridge

This large townhome community in West Seattle recently reduced its prices. Home are now available from $274,950 for a 2-bedroom, 2.5 bath unit with over 1,400 square feet of living space. Sylvan Ridge has sold over 90 townhomes so far and are FHA & VA approved.

www.sylvan-ridge.com

Belltown Apartment Land Use

If you live/own in Seattle Heights or Mosler Lofts, the Seattle DPD is holding an Design Review Board meeting for the proposed 19-story apartment building at 3rd & Cedar (currently occupied by the American Lung Association).

September 28th at 5:30 PM
Seattle City Hall
Boards and Commission Room L280

South Lake Union news

A couple of noteworthy events are happening in South Lake Union.

For the pooches
A citizens’ committee for the creation of a new SLU dog play area is forming right now. Want in? Just come to Enso’s community room (820 Blanchard St.) on Thursday, September 23 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. (Via www.DiscoverSLU.com).

Lake Union Park finally opens
The Seattle Parks Foundation is celebrating the grand opening of Seattle’s newest park, the Lake Union Park, on Saturday, September 25th. The day long event (7 am to 7 pm) is filled with festivities – live music, model boat races, foods, canoe displays and more!

2030 8th Avenue. 38-story 350-unit residential tower proposed in the Denny Triangle area. Located at 8th and Lenora, the building would be situated NW of the Cosmopolitan and SW of the 2200.

    Design Review Early Design Guidance Meeting
    February 9, 2010 at 5:30 PM
    Seattle City Hall
    Download the design proposal workbook (12 MB PDF)

2nd & Pike Tower (1430 2nd Ave). 35-story residential tower at the SE corner of 2nd & Pike. At one point the project was to include a hotel, Candela, which has since been removed from the proposal. The project is situated on the SE corner of the intersection, across from the Newmark Tower.

    Design Review Second Early Design Guidance Meeting
    February 9, 2010 at 7:00 PM
    Seattle City Hall
    Download the design proposal workbook (7MB PDF)

1200 Stewart. Twin 35-story towers proposed at the corner of Denny and Stewart to contain residential, hotel and retail space.

    Design Review Board Meeting
    February 23, 2010 at 5:30 pm
    Seattle City Hall

151 John Street. This is a 7-story residential building proposed at the corner of John Street and Warren Avenue next to the Seattle Center. This the lot adjacent to the north of Queen Court.

    Design Review Board Meeting
    March 3, 2010 at 6:30 PM
    Queen Anne Community Center

3031 Western Ave. This is Martin Selig’s 14-story 78-unit apartment proposal that’s situated at the north end of the Olympic Sculpture Park and west of the Alexandria.

    Design Review Board Meeting
    March 9, 2010 at 5:30 pm
    Seattle City Hall

The meeting is scheduled for July 1, 2009 at 6:30 PM at the Montlake Library (2401 24th Ave E).

CHS Capitol Hill Seattle had a good write up of the last design review board meeting held back on June 3rd.

Early design version:

Location, E. Madison at 13th Avenue:

The project is has been proposed by Wallace Properties (507 Northgate & Taylor 28) and designed by Baylis Architects.

Images: Courtesy of Baylis Architects

The 1915 2nd Avenue project, an Intracorp development, has been around for a number of years and had received approval for its original 24-story condominium design. However, with rezoning, they are now proposing a substantially larger 40-story 400′ tower that’ll be just 57′ from the proposed 1931 2nd Avenue tower. Currently, city code requires an 80′ separation, for those parts of a building above 125′ in height, from an existing building. Therefore, 1915 will require a special exception variance for the proposed design. Not surprisingly, Intracorp is now leaving its options open for either condominium or apartment occupancy. One interesting tidbit, the design includes an automated parking garage.

New design proposal for 1915 2nd Avenue, with 1931 2nd Avenue to the right:

Previous design proposal for 1915 2nd Avenue:

Alternative design proposal that complies with the 80′ separation distance requirement:

Apparently, without the special exception, the developer and architect seem to lose creative design abilities.

On the other hand, with the Terminal Sales Annex building receiving landmark status, the design for 1931 2nd Avenue now incorporates the facade of the 93 year old building. The 400′ 38-story structure features residential units above a 12-story hotel.

Design incorporating the Terminal Sale Annex building:

The great wall of downtown along 2nd Avenue (Escala and Pagoda in background, the transparent building in the foreground is a hotel/apartment proposal):