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Blue Heron Condos – Magnolia
The Blue Heron (website) is a new construction condominium project just a few blocks from Discovery Park at 3150 W. Government Way. The four level building features only 30 one- and two-bedroom condominium homes with an amazing number of different floor plans to select from – 17 floor plans in all. The homes range in…
The Seattle Condo Round-up ~ 6/9
1 Hotel & Residences – Downtown 1 Hotel & Residences broke ground this past week. The $200 million project states they are more than 50% reserved on condo homes and oversubscribed on city suites (hotel / condo units). AVA Condos – Downtown AVA Condos will begin scheduling private preview events in July for interested buyers.…
5th and Madison Update
The tall, slender 5th and Madison (website) project is well underway across the street from the Seattle Central Library. Occupancy is on-target for October making the project one of the few due to be completed this year. I had an opportunity to take a hard hat tour of the building to see how it was…
Luxe Condos – Queen Anne
The Luxe Condominium (website) located at 500 5th Avenue West on lower Queen Anne is the newest conversion project by Metropolitan Homes. Metropolitan recently developed the Plaza del Sol and Mezzo condo projects on Capitol Hill. Luxe consists of only 39 one- and two-bedroom condominium homes including multi-level penthouses that surround a central atrium. The…
Expo 62 to Begin Sales
The Expo 62 project has been sold as an apartment building. After much anticipation for lower Queen Anne’s newest condominium community, Expo 62 will begin sales starting Tuesday, May 22nd by appointment only. Prior to the purchase & sales appointment, now through May 20th, interested buyers should schedule a home preview and selection appointment and…
What is a Condo Reserve Study?
Farren West is the owner of Key Inspection Services. This is the second article of Farren’s series for SCL. Farren can be contacted at FarrenWest (at) KeyInspectionServices.com. Once you and your real estate professional have found the right condo to meet your needs, the best location/price/aesthetics/etc you will now begin the process to understanding the…
Types of Condo Inspections
(Please welcome contributing writer, Farren West, owner of Key Inspection Services. Farren will be writing a series of condo inspection related articles, which many buyers will find invaluable.) Generally there are two types of condo/townhouse inspections. The first and most popular is the “Interior Only” inspection. This will cover everything from the sheetrock in, or…
EXPO 62 – lower Queen Anne
Update Jan 2008: The project has been sold and will be developed as apartments instead of condos. EXPO 62 (website) is Intracorp’s latest condominium development located in the lower Queen Anne neighborhood (map). As the name implies, EXPO 62 pays homage to the 1962 World’s Fair also known as the Century 21 Exposition which took…
European Tower – Bellevue
The next stop on our Bellevue tour is European Tower (website) located at 930 109th Ave NE. Of all the new condominium projects in Bellevue and Seattle, European Tower is destined to be the most exclusive and distinctive. Developed by Russian-based GIS International Group, the 17-story tower will be home to only 16 chic condominium…
Veer Penthouse – South Lake Union district
The Veer Loft’s only Penthouse is now available. Veer is one of Vulcan’s current projects transforming the South Lake Union district, set to emulate the Portland’s popular Pearl District. Listed at $925,000, the penthouse, situated in the Southwest corner, is a spacious 1,354 sq ft of open living space and features: 16′ floor-to-ceiling windows with…
