Comments on: McMansions, Condo Conversions, Delays, & Sunny Ballard http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/07/01/mcmansions-condo-conversions-delays-sunny-ballard/ News & discussion about real estate & the housing bubble in the Seattle area. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:43:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: The Tim http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/07/01/mcmansions-condo-conversions-delays-sunny-ballard/#comment-51004 The Tim Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:58:10 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2103#comment-51004 Ah, there does appear to be a missing word there. Fixed.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('51004','The Tim',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('51004','The Tim','Ah, there does appear to be a missing word there. Fixed.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Ah, there does appear to be a missing word there. Fixed.
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]]> By: Joel http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/07/01/mcmansions-condo-conversions-delays-sunny-ballard/#comment-51003 Joel Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:54:47 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2103#comment-51003 Maybe this: "Because you the condo-conversion wave is just getting started..."<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('51003','Joel',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('51003','Joel','Maybe this: \"Because you the condo-conversion wave is just getting started...\"',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Maybe this: “Because you the condo-conversion wave is just getting started…”
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]]> By: The Tim http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/07/01/mcmansions-condo-conversions-delays-sunny-ballard/#comment-50999 The Tim Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:30:12 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2103#comment-50999 WSB, typos?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('50999','The Tim',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('50999','The Tim','WSB, typos?',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> WSB, typos?
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]]> By: WestSideBilly http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/07/01/mcmansions-condo-conversions-delays-sunny-ballard/#comment-50998 WestSideBilly Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:29:08 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2103#comment-50998 I think that's the most typos ever in a post by The_Tim.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('50998','WestSideBilly',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('50998','WestSideBilly','I think that\'s the most typos ever in a post by The_Tim.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> I think that’s the most typos ever in a post by The_Tim.
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]]> By: Everett_Tom http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/07/01/mcmansions-condo-conversions-delays-sunny-ballard/#comment-50995 Everett_Tom Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:45:33 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2103#comment-50995 In honor of Starbucks' decision, Antagonistic Ink has done a <a href="http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/antagonisticink/2008/07/starbucks_loses_something.html" rel="nofollow">comic. </a><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('50995','Everett_Tom',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('50995','Everett_Tom','In honor of Starbucks\' decision, Antagonistic Ink has done a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com\/antagonisticink\/2008\/07\/starbucks_loses_something.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">comic. <\/a>',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> In honor of Starbucks’ decision, Antagonistic Ink has done a comic.
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]]> By: b http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/07/01/mcmansions-condo-conversions-delays-sunny-ballard/#comment-50994 b Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:38:21 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2103#comment-50994 B&W - Townhomes are always fugly, restrictions or not.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('50994','b',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('50994','b','B&W -\r\n\r\nTownhomes are always fugly, restrictions or not.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> B&W -

Townhomes are always fugly, restrictions or not.

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]]> By: deejayoh http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/07/01/mcmansions-condo-conversions-delays-sunny-ballard/#comment-50993 deejayoh Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:09:21 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2103#comment-50993 apparently 3/4 of the stores were opened 2006 or later. that's going to be expensive to shut them down.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('50993','deejayoh',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('50993','deejayoh','apparently 3\/4 of the stores were opened 2006 or later. that\'s going to be expensive to shut them down.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> apparently 3/4 of the stores were opened 2006 or later. that’s going to be expensive to shut them down.
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]]> By: Tsuru http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/07/01/mcmansions-condo-conversions-delays-sunny-ballard/#comment-50991 Tsuru Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:12:05 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2103#comment-50991 <blockquote>Umm, because when you close money losing stores you end up with more money?</blockquote> "More" money? That's a good trick. Spend a pile of money opening new stores, close them because they're not making money, suddenly, MORE money. Wow! That's quite the business plan.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('50991','Tsuru',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('50991','Tsuru','<blockquote>Umm, because when you close money losing stores you end up with more money?<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\"More\" money? That\'s a good trick. Spend a pile of money opening new stores, close them because they\'re not making money, suddenly, MORE money. Wow! That\'s quite the business plan.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div>

Umm, because when you close money losing stores you end up with more money?

“More” money? That’s a good trick. Spend a pile of money opening new stores, close them because they’re not making money, suddenly, MORE money. Wow! That’s quite the business plan.

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]]> By: jon http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/07/01/mcmansions-condo-conversions-delays-sunny-ballard/#comment-50990 jon Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:48:30 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2103#comment-50990 “Now I for great the reason RE cheerleaders will give for the resilient Seattle economy that never goes awry….”

Umm, because when you close money losing stores you end up with more money?

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]]> By: obelus http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/07/01/mcmansions-condo-conversions-delays-sunny-ballard/#comment-50989 obelus Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:15:24 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2103#comment-50989 And the CEO says, "Starbucks says the aggregate pretax charges for the store closures will range from $328 million to $348 million." Now I for great the reason RE cheerleaders will give for the resilient Seattle economy that never goes awry....<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('50989','obelus',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('50989','obelus','And the CEO says, \"Starbucks says the aggregate pretax charges for the store closures will range from $328 million to $348 million.\"\r\n\r\nNow I for great the reason RE cheerleaders will give for the resilient Seattle economy that never goes awry....',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> And the CEO says, “Starbucks says the aggregate pretax charges for the store closures will range from $328 million to $348 million.”

Now I for great the reason RE cheerleaders will give for the resilient Seattle economy that never goes awry….

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]]> By: David McManus http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/07/01/mcmansions-condo-conversions-delays-sunny-ballard/#comment-50988 David McManus Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:31:17 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2103#comment-50988 And in other breaking news.... http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080701/starbucks_closings_urgent.html?.v=1<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('50988','David McManus',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('50988','David McManus','And in other breaking news....\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/biz.yahoo.com\/ap\/080701\/starbucks_closings_urgent.html?.v=1',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> And in other breaking news….

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080701/starbucks_closings_urgent.html?.v=1

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]]> By: B&W Nikes http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/07/01/mcmansions-condo-conversions-delays-sunny-ballard/#comment-50987 B&W Nikes Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:30:56 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2103#comment-50987 maybe i didn't read it correctly. somebody hit me with some reality or nuke that post...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('50987','B&W Nikes',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('50987','B&W Nikes','maybe i didn\'t read it correctly. somebody hit me with some reality or nuke that post...',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> maybe i didn’t read it correctly. somebody hit me with some reality or nuke that post…
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]]> By: B&W Nikes http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/07/01/mcmansions-condo-conversions-delays-sunny-ballard/#comment-50986 B&W Nikes Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:28:45 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2103#comment-50986 “On smaller single-family lots, his (Conlin’s) proposal would reduce a home’s maximum footprint to provide larger buffers and more green space between properties.”

Oh goody, we’ll get even weirder townhome configurations courtesy of weaving more byzantine city requirements densely together. Don’t they realize that we have so many fugly townhomes now largely due to this same reasoning deficit? And they’ll be guided into producing even smaller units to allow for more empty space between lots? Yet more undistilled genius.

The council needs to be sent on long field trips to study working urban communities and then quickly re-deposited in their chambers with pens in hand before the moss grows back over their eyelids. Jeez.

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]]> By: David McManus http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/07/01/mcmansions-condo-conversions-delays-sunny-ballard/#comment-50979 David McManus Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:30:32 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2103#comment-50979 Yep, as one real estate professional told me, it's all media hype!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('50979','David McManus',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('50979','David McManus','Yep, as one real estate professional told me, it\'s all media hype!',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Yep, as one real estate professional told me, it’s all media hype!
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