SEATTLE | CITY Activity (non-downtown) - Page 22

mhays · #**421** Posted **Dec 5, 2014, 8:51 PM**

That's an admirable compilation, and a daunting task.

Some additional ones underway unless I missed them in the compilation:
--600 E Pike (285 units)
--721 E Pine (95 units)
--5711 24th Ave NW (110 units)
--2428 NW Market (305 units, might be complete)
--777 Thomas (174 units)
--221 Minor / 222 Fairview (490 units or so, in early demo at least)
--528 Pontius Ave N (118 units)
--400 Boren (282 units)
--810 Dexter Ave N (362 units)
--1414 10th (249 units)
--1105 E Fir (103 units, maybe done?)
--820 Yesler (83 units)
--416 John (56 units plus hotel)
--1200 NE Pacific St (1,100 student beds in two buildings)

That's the big stuff I can think of, only those with residential.

mSeattle · #**422** Posted **Dec 5, 2014, 10:48 PM**

Thanks Matt,

I do have 600 E. Pike in the list but I'll double-check on the others. I know I'm missing some West Seattle stuff.

chris08876 · #**423** Posted **Dec 5, 2014, 10:53 PM**

Project: 1516 NW 51st St.

Quote:

This new 61,435 SF apartment complex in the Ballard neighborhood will include 90 units with one live/work unit and 35 parking stalls.

The building is designed as a modern warehouse box, reflecting the eclectic and continually evolving architectural context of the neighborhood. Surrounding buildings include multi-family homes, single-family homes, restaurants, retail shops, a tire shop, car dealership, upholstery store, brewery, wood-shop, pipe organ builders, and a paint company. The modern box design with large glazing openings provides a positive context to the surrounding buildings and neighborhood.

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http://www.studioms.com/portfolio/mi...nw-51st-street

alki · #**424** Posted **Dec 5, 2014, 11:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by mSeattle

Thanks Matt,

I do have 600 E. Pike in the list but I'll double-check on the others. I know I'm missing some West Seattle stuff.

West Seattle:

Whole Foods.....no longer proposed......under construction

Newly proposed:

http://seattle.curbed.com/archives/2...-nicholson.php

Several under construction that you missed. Will look them up this weekend.

mhays · #**425** Posted **Dec 5, 2014, 11:57 PM**

Is the whole foods project really active? We've seen the site scraped but I don't recall actual work.

alki · #**426** Posted **Dec 6, 2014, 12:33 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by mhays

Is the whole foods project really active? We've seen the site scraped but I don't recall actual work.

Just scraping......I think.....didn't look that closely. I consider that a project under construction.

alki · #**427** Posted **Dec 6, 2014, 4:31 AM**

Rainier Beach craves food center near light-rail station

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/b....html?page=all

mhays · #**428** Posted **Dec 6, 2014, 6:05 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by alki

Just scraping......I think.....didn't look that closely. I consider that a project under construction.

Sites are cleared all the time. Generally, construction starts when they start digging and installing shoring.

There's no single answer, but this is the most common definition from the contractor perspective.

It also coincides with permitting. Until the shoring permit is in hand (or the full building permit if they're not phased) then they're only working under a demo permit. That's not construction.

alki · #**429** Posted **Dec 6, 2014, 11:43 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by mhays

Sites are cleared all the time. Generally, construction starts when they start digging and installing shoring.

There's no single answer, but this is the most common definition from the contractor perspective.

It also coincides with permitting. Until the shoring permit is in hand (or the full building permit if they're not phased) then they're only working under a demo permit. That's not construction.

Just rode by.......the scraping is done, the construction mini is in place and excavation has started.

mSeattle, this is the latest update I could find on development in W. Seattle;

http://westseattleblog.com/category/development/

mhays · #**430** Posted **Dec 7, 2014, 12:54 AM**

That's awesome then. The 350 units or whatever is nothing to laught at for that neighborhood, and it's also a lynchpin intersection. Having a Whole Foods also ups its impact, even despite the two other supermarkets within an easy walk. The Junction must be a few hundred acres if you include the whole commercial/multifamily core, and there are dozens of additional good sites, so one block is just another puzzle piece, but this one helps more than its considerable face value.

mSeattle · #**431** Posted **Dec 9, 2014, 6:49 AM**

OK, I went through Matt's list of the big stuff. This is the status:

Didn't Find
--528 Pontius Ave N (118 units)
--810 Dexter Ave N (362 units)

Completed
--2428 NW Market (305 units, might be complete)
--1105 E Fir (103 units, maybe done?)

Listed (previously or now)
--600 E Pike (285 units)
--221 Minor / 222 Fairview (490 units or so, in early demo at least)
--400 Boren (282 units)
--1414 10th (249 units)
--820 Yesler (83 units)
--416 John (56 units plus hotel)
--1200 NE Capus Parkway? Pacific St (1,100 student beds in two buildings)

mSeattle · #**432** Posted **Dec 9, 2014, 7:22 AM**

600 E. Pike

600 E. Pike - 9/22/14 by mSeattle, on Flickr

I'm especially looking forward to seeing this one completed with it's blue colors.

mSeattle · #**433** Posted **Dec 9, 2014, 7:37 AM**

Check out this architecture company. Their web pages have some kind of code on them preventing linking. I know at least one of their projects is under construction in the University District.

http://www.caronarchitecture.com/pro...udent-housing/

mhays · #**434** Posted **Dec 9, 2014, 3:56 PM**

Gigantic design review PDFs can be found at http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/aboutus/n...ws/default.asp. Use search tab for past presentations, and the upcoming tab for upcoming ones.

528 Pontius: http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/AppDocs/G...endaID4329.pdf

810 Dexter: http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/AppDocs/G...endaID4758.pdf

mhays · #**435** Posted **Dec 9, 2014, 4:08 PM**

777 Thomas is under construction. The Whittaker has reportedly started according to Alki.

It's quite an impressive array of projects. But more impressive is that we're four years into this wave, or three years into serious boom level, and the list of completions in 2012-2014 is also huge. Some areas like Downtown Ballard have way more completed than underway.

I'm fascinated by the effect these buildings have on neighborhoods. Downtown Ballard is a good case study because it's added/adding 2,500 units between the late 1990s and today, and along with transit, drivers, etc., seems to have reached a critical mass. It's a busy area on weekends and evenings. The hospital also gives it a decent daytime population and adds to restaurant business that might otherwise wither during the day.

mSeattle · #**436** Posted **Dec 10, 2014, 8:13 PM**

OK I think I have it updated.

Vashon118 · #**437** Posted **Jan 7, 2015, 4:04 PM**

Demolition began yesterday at the 4400 SW Alaska site.

http://westseattleblog.com/2015/01/w...400-sw-alaska/

mhays · #**438** Posted **Jan 7, 2015, 4:11 PM**

That plus the Whittaker (finally) mean over 400 units have broken ground at the West Seattle Junction this month.

mhays · #**439** Posted **Jan 8, 2015, 8:34 PM**

The 490-unit woodframe at Fairview and John is also doing full demo, which probably means it's starting too. Great week for big woodframes!

Back in the day (late 80s when I started obsessing about this stuff) a full block woodframe might have 250 units, like Belltown Court's 220 I think. Units tended to be larger, and parking ratios were higher. Now densities like these two are common. One acre often means 200-250 units. Once, an acre with a highrise might be 200 units. Now we're seeing 350-400 units on 1/3 acre for some highrises (such as the 40-story one starting this week that I'll mention in the other thread).

Even these smaller units aren't cheap, but they're at least middle-class. A single person making $65,000 can typically afford $1,600 a month for a one-bedroom in a woodframe. Over time these units will slowly drop in rents relative to inflation.