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Everett Clinches First Four Parcels for $10.65MM to Advance $120MM Downtown Outdoor Event Center

The Everett City Council unanimously cleared the purchase of four downtown parcels for $10.65 million, its first land acquisitions for the planned $120...

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Bellevue Puts $25MM on the Table for Affordable Housing, Pairing Sales Tax Dollars With $11MM in One-Time Reserves

Bellevue’s Office of Housing is soliciting proposals from affordable housing developers and operators for up to $24.95 million in capital and operating funding,...

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Cliff Avril’s C&A Development Lands $18.1MM for 67-Unit Affordable Project on Seattle’s Capitol Hill

C&A Development lands $18.1MM, including Amazon backing, for a 67-unit affordable apartment project on Seattle's Capitol Hill.

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HASCO Breaks Ground on $46.7MM, 124-Unit Leonard Crossing Affordable Housing Complex in Marysville

HASCO broke ground on Leonard Crossing, a $46.7MM, 124-unit affordable housing complex in fast-growing Marysville.

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Transforming Age Bets on 1,000-Unit, Mass-Timber EverGlen Village to Crack Bellevue’s Affordability Gap

A nonprofit developer has advanced plans for EverGlen Village, a more than 1,000-unit affordable senior housing community spread across five mass-timber buildings on...

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YWCA Taps Truebeck to Raze Century-Old Belltown Building for 83-Unit Affordable Housing Project in Seattle

The YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish is preparing to demolish its century-old Lexington-Concord Apartments in Belltown and replace them with a seven-story,...

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Seattle’s Deepest Housing Need Is Also Its Hardest to Build, Says Community Roots CEO

As King County’s 2026 income limits inch upward, the gap between minimum-wage earners and the units they can afford keeps widening. The math...

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Everett Unveils Site Plan for $120MM Downtown Stadium Anchoring AquaSox, USL Future

The preliminary aerial map of the Everett Outdoor Event Center pins a 5,000-seat ballpark between Broadway and the BNSF rail corridor, framed by...

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Everett Advances $120MM Downtown Stadium as City Eyes $10.6MM Design Push and $35MM in Land Buys

City staff outlined property acquisitions, lease terms and a widening funding gap at an April 15 council meeting, with a final go/no-go vote...

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Renton’s $9.7MM Adaptive Reuse of Former Auto Dealership Into Year-Round Indoor Public Market Eyes June Opening

The city-owned project at 233 Burnett Ave. S. will house 12 market stalls, two anchor food-and-beverage tenants and a community kitchen classroom inside...

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Seattle Ends Single-Family Zoning Citywide With Landmark Middle Housing Ordinances

Ordinances 127375 and 127376 allow up to 6 units per residential lot, overhauling development standards across all Neighborhood Residential zones. Seattle has officially...

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Washington Legislature Advances Commercial-to-Residential Bills as State Confronts Housing Emergency

Three measures target zoning restrictions, operational barriers, and infrastructure costs to accelerate production of 55,000 homes annually Washington’s commercial real estate industry faces...

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