Rainier Beach and Tukwila Link Stations to Close Saturday to Wednesday, plus Other Weekend...
Weekend construction will delay or reroute several busy transit lines including a Link light rail service interruption that will last into next week. Ongoing...
Downtown and Rose Hill: Kirkland’s Corridor of Dense New Development
After Totem Lake, a neighborhood that is experiencing a spree of significant growth, the next notable constellation of new commercial and residential development in...
Totem Lake Shoulders Kirkland’s Transformation and Growth
Yet designing for cars continues to be a problem in the city's fastest growing neighborhood.
When cataloging development in Kirkland, it's evident where the City...
Despite Slowdown Worries, 2021 Sets A Townhouse Production Record in Seattle
Last year, The Urbanist covered a Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBAKS) report suggesting that townhouse development in Seattle might be...
Chinatown and Transit Advocates Push for 4th Avenue Light Rail Station
As Sound Transit lays out 90 miles of new track, 57 new stations, and three new light rail lines over the next 20 years,...
Seattle Metro Apartment Production Jumps to 7th in Nation, as Industry Rebounds to 50-Year...
Rumors of a slowdown were averted, but how long can Seattle keep it up with its permitting maze and restrictive zoning unsolved?
The pandemic has...
Construction Issues Delay East Link Opening to 2024 and Federal Way Link to 2025
Sound Transit revealed delayed timelines for its next four light rail extensions Thursday. Defects in concrete plinths in a four-mile section of East Link...
Bellevue’s Parking Obsession is Climate Arson
During my research and writing of the Downtown Bellevue development articles, I actively estimated the amount of parking spaces that Bellevue had recently added...