{"id":8659,"date":"2009-12-23T09:29:56","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T17:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=8659"},"modified":"2009-12-23T09:29:56","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T17:29:56","slug":"checking-up-on-that-2010-downtown-condo-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/23\/checking-up-on-that-2010-downtown-condo-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking Up on That 2010 Downtown Condo Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting comparison.  First, this graphic, <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/16\/seattle-2010-vancouver-bc-20\/\" title=\"Seattle 2010 = Vancouver, BC 2.0?\">posted here in June 2006<\/a>, from a Seattle P-I article titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlepi.com\/business\/273888_downtown14.html\" title=\"Booming development set to change Seattle's look\">Booming development set to change Seattle&#8217;s look<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 auto 15px; width: 600px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/allegedseattleskyline2010-detail.png\" rel=\"lightbox[8659]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/allegedseattleskyline2010-detail-600x435.png\" alt=\"Alleged Seattle Skyline 2010\" title=\"Alleged Seattle Skyline 2010\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 5px;\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Then, a similar graphic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlebusinessmag.com\/article\/housing-bad-condos-are-worse\" title=\"Housing is Bad, Condos are Worse\">from the most recent Seattle Business Magazine<\/a>.  The red rectangle on the first graphic shows the area that the second graphic covers.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 auto 15px; width: 600px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/STATSHOT_zombiebuild.jpg\" title=\"Downtown Ghost Buildings\" rel=\"lightbox[8659]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/STATSHOT_zombiebuild-600x442.jpg\" style=\"border:1px solid #000000;\" alt=\"Downtown Seattle Ghost Buildings\" title=\"Downtown Seattle Ghost Buildings\" width=\"600\" height=\"442\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I guess Seattle wasn&#8217;t all that &#8220;under-condo&#8217;ed&#8221; after all.  Who knew.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\">Hat tip: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbnlivn.com\/2009\/12\/22\/downtown-ghost-buildings\/\" title=\"Downtown Ghost Buildings\">Urbnlivn<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;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&#8217;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. 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