Here’s hoping I have a few readers left who still want to read about residential development in downtown Seattle…
In case you missed it in today’s Seattle Times, here’s yet another article on how new high-rise condos are selling like hotcakes—in this case, nearly selling out a full year before the building is slated to open. And the brisk sales are making other developers take notice. One is even consider building some residences amid the office towers downtown—aimed, obviously, at people who want to shorten their commutes to a brief stroll. And in a not-so-surprising-to-me turn…
[T]o a degree that has surprised the developers, a significant number of buyers are moving in from close-in Seattle neighborhoods such as Capitol Hill and Wallingford. They want to be even closer to downtown, with a nest of amenities.
That means, I guess, that more housing will open up in the close-in neighborhoods. If families with kids move in, will Seattle Weekly editorialist Knute Berger knock it off with his anti-density campaign?
