For Sale: 13 contiguous acres downtown Seattle

[george]

[deeplennon]

[Denny Retrograde]

[mike2]

[biliruben]

So where the frack to the expect me to park.

At least they don't appear to own the Pink Elephant! Phew.

My ma's actually taking my advice and selling her house in Portland and renting a condo downtown. She still seems to think she can jack the price however, and still get her price. I hope she's right.

[uptown]

"on par with New York's Rockefeller Center or London's Canary Wharf."

What do the two have in common? Bankruptcy.

[deejayoh]

[The Tim]

Here's a more in-depth article on the subject:

It probably won't give you the full article from that link unless your a WSJ subscriber. Everyone else can , at least for the time being.

[The Tim]

[redmondjp]

This is a bit OT, but I believe that these are offspring from the same Clise family that built what is now the Clise Mansion in Marymoor Park, originally built as a hunting lodge:



It's impressive to me when a single family can maintain their dynasty for over a century, especially in these fast-changing times.

Here's a brief bio of the family's origins in Seattle:



EDIT/UPDATE: Well, after a bit more searching, I came up with the following article from last June where they discuss selling off some of their properties. So apparently they have been thinking about this for some time now:



And then, just posted last night, they announce that the sale is off:

[Alan]

At least the picture is nicer this time around.

I don't know what it will sell for. I wouldn't be surprised if someone picks it up for the asking price.

I also wouldn't be surprised if it sits on the market for 9 months and eventually becomes a rental.