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Details on Escala’s Exit from Fantasy Land

Posted on March 3, 2010March 2, 2010 by The Tim

Kirsten Grind over at the Puget Sound Business Journal posted a more detailed update yesterday on the 180° strategy turnaround at the upscale downtown condo complex Escala that we mentioned a month ago. Escala cutting condo prices by 50 percent Downtown Seattle condominium tower Escala will lower prices by as much as 50 percent on…

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Escala Condos’ Shocking Price Strategy Timeline

Posted on February 3, 2010February 3, 2010 by The Tim

April 2008: Raising Prices to Entice Buyers—wait, what? (Awesome plan, Escala!) Developer Lexas Cos. said this week that on June 5 it will raise the asking prices 3 to 7 percent for about 70 unsold units that have been on the market since last spring. Another 22 units that will be released for sale May…

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Renegotiating and Walking Back to Olive8

Posted on January 19, 2010January 20, 2010 by The Tim

I posted this to the Twitter news wire yesterday, but since the original story merited a full blog post back in May (Walking Away at Olive8), I thought that Andy’s thoughtful follow-up would be worth posting as well. As it turns out, local internet entrepreneur Andy Liu didn’t end up walking away from Olive8 after…

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Checking Up on That 2010 Downtown Condo Dream

Posted on December 23, 2009 by The Tim

Here’s an interesting comparison. First, this graphic, posted here in June 2006, from a Seattle P-I article titled Booming development set to change Seattle’s look: Then, a similar graphic from the most recent Seattle Business Magazine. The red rectangle on the first graphic shows the area that the second graphic covers. I guess Seattle wasn’t…

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Weekend News Roundup

Posted on July 6, 2009July 6, 2009 by The Tim

Lots of local real estate related news over the weekend worth mentioning. Here’s a brief roundup of the stories you might be interested in. Let’s kick things off with some good news via Aubrey Cohen at the P-I. Looks like the state’s irresponsible plan to pre-distribute $8,000 tax credit is dead in the water, thanks…

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