October 5, 2020 Greystar pays $20M for U District high-rise site   The sale included the recently landmarked Villa Camini apartments. By BRIAN MILLER Real Estate Editor Rendering by Weber Thompson [enlarge] Lakeview will have nearly 600 student beds in a tower near U District Station. Photo by Greystar [enlarge] The century-old Villa Camini apartments will be [...]

Oct 1, 2020, 3:06pm PDT WEBER THOMPSON RENDERING Construction is starting started on Lakeview Student Housing, a 21-story tower in Seattle at 4126 12th Ave. NE. The site is a block from the U District light rail station and three blocks from the University of Washington campus. Greystar has closed on the acquisition of [...]

September 23, 2020 Saratoga's Ballard apartment ready for final design review By BRIAN MILLER Real Estate Editor Rendering by GGLO [enlarge] 57 Ballard is one of two apartment projects planned by Saratoga Capital in the same area. GGLO is the architect for both. Property owner Saratoga Capital and architect GGLO are now planning a 75-unit apartment [...]

September 23, 2020 Plans take shape for Hamlin Robinson School expansion on Oberto block in Rainier Valley By BRIAN MILLER Real Estate Editor Rendering by NAC Architecture [enlarge] NAC Architecture is designing the new space. It also designed the school’s current campus on the block to the west. Hamlin Robinson School bought the Oberto store property [...]

September 2, 2020 More team members for 22-story U District apartment tower By BRIAN MILLER Real Estate Editor Rendering by Runberg Architecture Group [enlarge] In this rendering, looking southwest, U District Station is hidden by the proposed B45 tower. Cahill Equities of San Francisco owns the corner at 1300 N.E. 45th St. in the University District, where the [...]

USGBC Announces LEED Homes Awards Recipients and Residential Project of the Year Sarah Stanley Jul 14, 2020 Awards recognize projects, builders and developers committed to creating healthy, sustainable and resilient homes Washington, D.C.— (July 14, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the recipients of the annual LEED Homes Awards. The awards recognize LEED-certified residential [...]

June 22, 2020 Cypress By JOURNAL STAFF Photos from Runberg Architecture Group [enlarge] Cypress, at 120 Broadway in Seattle’s Yesler neighborhood, has 237 apartments, with 48 designated to be affordable for households earning 65% to 80% of area median income. The seven-story building has a fitness center, pet area, 8,000 square feet of retail space, and [...]

June 4, 2020 U District church razed for apartment project By BRIAN MILLER Real Estate Editor Rendering by Ankrom Moisan [enlarge] Peak Campus of Atlanta is developing the 171-unit Theory U District. University Christian Church, at 4731 15th Ave. N.E. in Seattle's University District, was recently demolished by new owner Peak Campus of Atlanta, which specializes in student [...]

May 20, 2020 GGLO unveils design for Ballard apartments By BRIAN MILLER Real Estate Editor Rendering by GGLO [enlarge] The 80-unit plan includes a roof deck and a small commercial space on the corner, at Northwest 57th Street and 20th Avenue Northwest. Saratoga Capital owns two nearby corner sites in Ballard, with apartment buildings planned for [...]

March 16, 2020 Contractors sort through the impacts of COVID-19   Worker unavailability and supply chain interruptions could potentially impact construction companies. By BENJAMIN MINNICK Journal Construction Editor WSDOT photo [enlarge] Guy F. Atkinson Construction recently finished this overpass on Interstate-5 in Pierce County as part of a $189.9 million contract to improve the freeway. The company’s [...]