By BRIAN MILLERReal Estate Editor Between 2014 and 2017, using LLCs, Eastside investor Jia Niu paid about $8.1 million to assemble a row of old houses on the north tip of West Seattle. Now there's a redevelopment proposal for 1116 Alki Ave S.W., which spans six parcels between the...
By LYNN PORTERJournal Staff Reporter Landscape architect Karen Kiest said she expects the 6-feet-away mandate of the COVID-19 pandemic will impact Americans even when it's gone. “We're never going to forget social distancing,” said Kiest, who owns Seattle-based Karen Kiest Landscape Architects “I think it's going to imprint...
By LYNN PORTERJournal Staff Reporter Architecture firms Weber Thompson of Seattle and MZA of Bellevue are helping supply face shields and goggles to fight the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic locally. Over a two-week period, Weber Thompson plans to print 100 bands — the rigid plastic piece to which...
By JOURNAL STAFF SEATTLE — Part of the parapet sloughed off last month at the Prefontaine Building, at 110 Prefontaine Place S. in Pioneer Square. There were no reported injuries from the crumbling masonry on the century-old building's north side, facing Yesler Way. However, a corner bus stop...
By Michelle Baruchman Seattle Times Traffic Lab engagement editor For the past five years, Craig Davenport has left his home in Mukilteo by 5:30 a.m. weekdays to beat Interstate 405 traffic on his way to his architecture firm in Bellevue. These days Davenport sleeps a little later and...
At MZA, the health and wellness of our employees, our clients, partners, and the communities we serve are our primary concerns. As we face the challenges of responding and preparing appropriately for the Coronavirus (COVID-19), we have taken steps to safeguard our team and our...
By BRIAN MILLERReal Estate Editor A long-vacant waterfront development site at 6211 Lake Washington Blvd. N.E. in Kirkland has sold for a little over $11.8 million, according to King County records. The buyer was BDR Kirkland 15 LLC, associated with homebuilder BDR of Bellevue, which is planning a three-story, nine-condominium...
Situated in the Nanjing Fangshan Mountains, this new national park is known as “The Cradle of Chinese Geology”. Until recently, the site has been used for processing concrete, and due to significant amounts of quarrying, much of the precious geology has been damaged. The new...
By JOURNAL STAFF The new Hotel Indigo, at 1028 13th St. on the Everett waterfront, will mark its official opening with a private party on Dec. 4. The 142-room hotel, located in the Port of Everett's Waterfront Place development, is already open to guests. See the full article...
Situated in the Nanjing Fangshan Mountains, this new national park is known as “The Cradle of Chinese Geology”. Until recently, the site has been used for processing concrete, and due to significant amounts of quarrying, much of the precious geology has been damaged. The new...
