Letter to the Editor: Follow Up from Mike Scott

Yesterday I posted my letter to the Seattle Times about an upcoming story they appeared to be putting together. The story ran and it had the usual Mad Lib headline:  After brief slowdown, Seattle-area rents surge back up again; when will it end? Well not too long passed before I got this e-mail in my in box: […]

Smart Growth Seattle on Seattle Forecast Panel

Bisnow is hosting an event called SEATTLE FORECAST 2017: The Roadmap For Seizing 2017 In The Emerald City and I will be on the panel as the “Supply Champion.” The panel is at the Four Seasons this Thursday morning at 8AM. What’s Bisnow? I’ll let them explain: We’re intensely curious about commercial real estate. If this […]

Tomorrow at CCAB: Making Some Choices on Smaller Spaces

Tomorrow at the latest meeting of the Construction Code Advisory Board (CCAB) we are closing in on making some decisions about whether to loosen some of the restrictions on small apartments. I’ve already gone over the details of the issues in a previous post. But what it comes down to is that as unit sizes […]