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Will Linkage Fees Keep Properties Off The Market?

In my last article on linkage fees I made the case that the typical supply and demand dynamics we are familiar with from buying gasoline...

Inside Seattle’s Greenest Commercial Building: The Bullitt Center

"We shouldn't fuel the future with the polluting methods of the past... We have the technology to power our future in ways that don't...

Micro Housing Part 5: Concentrated Urbanism

Article Note: This is the fifth and final installment of a five-part series on micro housing, see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 as well. Thus far...

Micro Housing Part 4: Minimum Wage Analogy

Article Note: This is the fourth installment of a five-part series on micro housing, see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 5 as well. Thus far, the arguments...

Micro Housing Part 3: Arguments in Opposition

Article Note: This is the third installment of a five-part series on micro housing, see Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, and Part 5 as well. The...

First Hill McDonald’s To Make Way For Tower

For nearly six decades, McDonald's has called the northwest corner of Madison Street and Minor Avenue home. But all that is soon to change. Development...

Micro Housing Part 2: Arguments in Favor

Article Note: This is the second installment of a five-part series on micro housing, see Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 as well. The arguments for...

From Surface Parking to Belltown Mixed-Use

Another Belltown surface parking lot will soon meet its doom. In its place, The Natasha (aka 2134 Western Avenue) will rise up as a modern, eight-story mixed-use...