As new residential development around the region is completed, rents will likely start to level out by 2010, according to Mike Scott of Dupre and Scott Apartment Advisors. But it's still cheaper to rent in the south end, where there haven't been…MORE
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Residents object to Seahurst condos
Tue, 09/25/07
Residents of northwest Burien neighborhoods packed a Sept. 19 public hearing to voice opposition to the proposed Emerald Pointe on the Sound condominium development.
Westmark Development, which has had this project on the drawing boards…MORE
Nine cottages to go on two lots
Tue, 09/25/07
Ballard's first "cottage housing," a cluster of individual homes that share some open space, will be developed on two lots at 2203 and 2213 Northwest 60th Street.
A vacant one-story commercial building and a single family house west of it…MORE
Protection sought for city industries
Tue, 09/25/07
Mayor Greg Nickels wants to keep commercial and retail development off industrial land and has announced an initiative to strengthen zoning protection for industry and manufacturing in Seattle.
The purpose, Nickels said during a press…MORE
Highline schools endorse a DREAM for students who are undocumented
Tue, 09/25/07
The Highline School Board on Sept. 19 threw its support behind proposed congressional action to grant legal residency to undocumented children educated in the United States.
According to the board's resolution, "...under the American DREAM…MORE
Rents here may level by 2010
Tue, 09/25/07
As new residential development around Ballard and the rest of the Puget Sound region is completed, rents will likely start to level out by 2010, according to Mike Scott of Dupre and Scott Apartment Advisors.
But it's not all good news for…MORE
Yankee Clipper and Leschi
Tue, 09/25/07
The Seattle fireboat Leschi sprays water behind the Sea Scouts' 44-foot gaff-rigged training ketch, Yankee Clipper. The boats were out off Alki recently during the replacement ceremonies for the new bronze Statue of Liberty. Photo by Steve Shay…MORE
A Skate Park for South Park
Tue, 09/18/07
The South Park community will celebrate the construction of its own skate park later this year; likely before any skate features are built under Seattle's citywide skate park plan.
Adjacent to Cesar Chavez Park, the branch library, and the…MORE
Appeals court upholds $10 million judgment against city of Burien
Tue, 09/18/07
Burien council members are pondering their next move in the wake of a recent state Court of Appeals decision that upheld a $10.71 million judgment against the city.
This is the latest chapter in an ongoing land-use dispute that began…MORE
