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The Burrard Group has revealed a ton of details about their condo project at 1200 Howell S, Nexus Seattle, via a press release, The Burrard Group Debuts NEXUS – A New Condominium Tower Amidst A Burgeoning Multi-Billion Dollar Vertical Village in Downtown Seattle; Unit Reservations May ’16. “NEXUS will be the first of several significant […]

Matt Goyer

April 17, 2016

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Mystery Solved: Kieth Nissen Designed the Talisman

For as long as I can remember it has been believed (at least by listing agents) that Space Needle architect John Graham had designed the Talisman, a mid-century condo building on First Hill. However, that changed in 2013 when filmmaker Andy Blubaugh shed doubt on that theory and posited it that it was Kieth Nissen: […]

Matt Goyer

March 10, 2016

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Pearl Jam Party Pad

Here’s your chance to live like a rockstar and own a piece of Seattle rock history! Unit #39 at the Avalon is back on the market after being on and off the market for years. Originally belonging to Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam, he took two units and combined them to create a monster loft […]

Matt Goyer

January 24, 2016

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Seattle Rain Map

There’s a fascinating article over at Komo News that uses Seattle Public Utilities data to map Seattle’s rain patterns, Rainier Beach really is rainier than anywhere else in Seattle: The Seattle Public Utilities, which operates 17 rain gauges spread across the city, has gone back over their past 35 years of data and have discovered […]

Matt Goyer

October 13, 2015

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Enso Floor Plate / Floor Plans

Someone emailed in asking if I we had the Enso floor plate / floor plans. We do. Here it is. Circa 2009.

Matt Goyer

October 3, 2014

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Mosler Lofts Lawsuit Settled for $8.5M

Official word on the Mosler Lofts lawsuit settlement is that they settled for $8.5M. Nowhere near the $26M lawsuit at 2200. The Mosler Lofts Home Owners Association is pleased to announce settlement of the recent litigation between the Mosler Lofts HOA and Belltown Development Partners, developer of Mosler Lofts condominium. Through the diligent efforts of […]

Matt Goyer

May 31, 2013

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Escala the Setting For 50 Shades of Grey

I’ve been too busy skiing to even hear about Fifty Shades of Grey, never mind read it! But I spotted on the Zillow Blog today that Escala was the setting for it, Seattle’s Escala Condo Building Set Steamy Scenes for “Fifty Shades of Grey”. Between Tim Lincecum and this, Escala becoming a star studded building. […]

Matt Goyer

May 16, 2012

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A Visit to the Union Arts Co-op

On Thursday I swung by the open house for unit 1b at the Union Arts Co-Op. Wow! That place is incredible. First off, yes, the HOAs are high, but since it is a co-op they include the property tax. Second, this place is neat! You enter from the back, there is no way into the […]

Matt Goyer

April 14, 2012

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Seattle Live/Work Lofts for Artists?

Urban Living regularly receives a high amount of traffic on an old 2008 post about live/work lofts for sale in Seattle. Recent comments suggest that some of that traffic is artists looking for affordable live/work lofts where they can practice their craft. And boy is that old post not helping :). Urban Living is mostly […]

Urban Living Team

June 9, 2011

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What Happened to the Olive 8 Auction Winners?

Curious about what happened to the people who won at the Olive 8 auction? Curious about whether all the units closed? Curious if anyone didn’t meet the unpublished minimum price and needed to pay more? I was and spent some time digging through county records to see how things settled out. Since Olive 8 auction […]

Matt Goyer

December 15, 2010

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Olive 8 Condo Auction Results – 32 units for $13.3m

This afternoon auctioneer Kennedy Wilson auctioned off 32 units for Olive 8 developer RC Hedreen. We were on location to capture the results in realtime on Twitter and post them all online before anyone else. Had it not been raining I’m sure I would have been biking :). Here are the Olive 8 condo auction […]

Matt Goyer

September 19, 2010

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Olive 8 Condo Auction: 34 Units Sept 19th

As rumored earlier this month, it’s now official! Olive 8 developer, RC Hedreen, has retained Kennedy Wilson to auction off 34 units on Sunday September 19th. Kennedy Wilson was also the auctioneer for the 5th and Madison auction. Get the full details at Olive8CondoAuction.com or go here if you don’t want to give them a […]

Matt Goyer

August 18, 2010

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