Condo Reviews
Design Insights
Came across the website for the architect of 5th and Madison, Ruffcorn Mott Hinthorne Stine, and noticed they had designs for number of downtown/Belltown projects. Most were office space but they did have renderings for 114 Pike, the old Liberty Loan and Pawn building. The design includes 7 levels of office space and 5 residential…
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…
The Friday Round-up – 5/25
Land Use Update Just saw a bulletin for a new 46-story hotel/residential project at the corner of 5th Avenue & Stewart which is currently a parking lot (next to the Escala presentation center). The proposal calls for 175 hotel units and 190 residential units which I presume will be condos. A 2nd early design meeting…
ICON Tower Info
Laconia Development (fomerly Levin Menzies) received city-approval for the master-use permit of its 29 32-story ICON Tower. Designed by Weber+Thompson and Vancouver, BC – based engineering firm Glotman Simpson, the slender tower sits on a triangular 10,665 square foot parcel at Denny Way, Wall Street & 6th Avenue. Construction is slated to begin in early…
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…
Friday Odds and Ends – 5/4
Land Use Updates The Liberty Jewelry parcel by 2nd Avenue & Pike Street appears to be a commercial development per the latest land use bulletin. Initially, it was proposed as a mixed-use development. An early design review meeting has been set for the 9th & Pine project (former site of Pande Cameron). The proposal calls…
Fini Condos – Phinney Ridge
Fini Condominiums (website) is the latest condo project in the Phinney Ridge / Greenwood neighborhood, just up the hill from Green Lake. The building features 51 spacious one-bedroom (6), one + den (31), two-bedroom (3) and two + den (11) homes ranging from 728 to 1,417 sq ft. The top-level 1,417 sq ft penthouses also…
Sapphire Condos – Greenwood
Updated 4/28/07 This new construction project in Greenwood has flown under the radar. They officially began sales during their Grand Opening on Saturday 4/28 and apparently they anticipate a rush given their “Rules of Sale” which state: Doors open at 10 AM Limit to 2 units per customer $3,000 deposit required First come, first served…
Friday Odds and Ends – 4/27
On the Horizon Eastlake area – Ruby Condominiums (website) at northern tip of Eastlake Ave E at E. Allison. Lower Queen Anne – Luxe Condominiums (website) at 500 5th Ave W. Thirty-nine flats starting from the low $300,000s. Escala Unveils Revamped Website Escala unveiled a new website with additional features including home floor plans,…
