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Updated July 29, 2026, 1:45 PM PDT
The Registry
A pre-application filing with Seattle's Department of Construction and Inspections proposes replacing the longtime Ballard Goodwill store with a six-story, 300-unit mixed-use building valued at $84 million.
The filing signals continued conversion of single-story Ballard retail parcels to multifamily density.
The Registry
Demolition crews have begun clearing the north parcel of Seattle's Mount Baker Redevelopment Sites, a 438-unit project on land the University of Washington transferred to the city six years ago.
First visible construction activity arrives six years after the city took title, a typical entitlement-to-groundbreaking span for large affordable projects.
The Urbanist
A 5-4 Seattle City Council vote redirects growth-plan appeals that previously went to a state growth hearings board into Superior Court instead, a change that had drawn pushback from density opponents.
The venue shift could alter timelines for legal challenges to citywide zoning changes tied to the comprehensive plan update.
The Registry
King County paid $14 million for Lakeside Industries' 25-acre former asphalt plant site along the Cedar River near Renton, ending an eight-year community fight over the property, and will convert it to open space.
The purchase removes 25 acres of industrially zoned Renton-area land from potential commercial development.
The Registry
Escapology, the largest U.S. escape room operator, will open its third Puget Sound location in a 4,100-square-foot space at Bellevue's Lincoln Square, backfilling a vacancy left by a furniture retailer.
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