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Legacy Partners announces opening of 208-unit Seattle-area community
Legacy Partners (Legacy), a privately-owned national real estate firm, and Momentum Partners (Momentum) announced today the grand opening of Wellstone at Bridgeport, located at...
Intracorp starts construction on 321-residence apartment building in Little Saigon
Prominent North American developer, Intracorp, announced today that it is preparing to begin construction on a brand-new, 321-residence apartment building within Seattle’s Little Saigon...
Seattle zones for affordable housing
The Seattle city council has passed, and the mayor has signed, new zoning laws that will allow higher density housing to be built in...
Does the Seattle housing law forbidding landlords from checking tenants’ criminal history go too...
With slews of tent encampments in a fast-growing city flush with tech-sector cash, it’s tough questioning Seattle’s serious problem with homelessness and affordable housing. But...
Decron Properties enters Seattle multifamily market with $173 million apartment buy
In one of the largest multifamily transactions in Seattle this year, Decron Properties has acquired Avana 522 (Avana), a 558-unit multifamily property in Bothell,...
$53 million North Seattle multifamily asset sold by IPA
Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, announces the sale of Origin Apartments, a seven-story, 153-unit multifamily asset in Seattle. The...
Free market not welcome
The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) has filed suit in federal court against the city of Seattle over a ban on the use of rent...
New lawsuit in Seattle: Housing ordinance is unfair and unconstitutional
Seattle’s Fair Chance Housing Ordinance, passed by city council in 2017, forbids landlords from considering applicants’ criminal histories when selecting tenants. In other words,...
Seattle to appeal rejection of first-in-time law
The Seattle Times reports that Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes will appeal the ruling which declared the city's first-in-time, first-in-line renter protection law to...
Seattle’s first in time law struck down
On March 30, a King County Superior Court judge ruled that Seattle's law requiring that landlords take on tenants on a first in time,...
First Sound Bank appoints Christopher Green as vice president, private banker and cash management...
First Sound Bank announced the appointment of Christopher Green as Vice President, Private Banker and Cash Management Officer. Green brings more than 15 years...
The missing middle
When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end. -...
Mixing it up
The mostly urban projects that captured the judges’ votes echo a popular and growing trend—the inclusion of ground-floor retail and dining establishments that add...
The ever-prescient landlord
In August 2016, Seattle, Wash., a city where the U.S. Census bureau estimates that 48 percent of the population are renters, the city council...
Is multfamily’s future in TOD?
The citizens of Seattle have just such an opportunity by encouraging development of dynamic pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods in the areas surrounding Sound Transit's light-rail stations....
