Here is a compilation of some news stories that affect us here in the Seattle area~
- Hotel Group Buying Downtown Seattle Parking Lot (PSBJ) – The surface lot on 5th Ave and Stewart St is being purchased for $16.75 million for a hotel development (this lot was a part of what was going to be the block long Heron and Pagoda condo/hotel/office project in 2007)
- New Report Shows No Let Up in Seattle Apartment Building Boom (PSBJ) – Dupre + Scott Apartment Advisers report shows that we are at highest level of apartment building since 1991 and it isn’t slowing down
- Navy Plans More People, New Planes and Ships for Washington (PSBJ) – The US Navy plans to increase their presence in Washington state, planning to have 60% of the Navy’s vessels in the Pacific by the end of a decade
- Seattle is the Wild West of Gaming Design (KUOW.org) – Computer gaming and interactive media is becoming an entrepreneurial powerhouse in Washington state with lots of potential for new jobs
- Nintendo Has No Plans to Sell It’s Seattle Mariners Stake (PSBJ) – Nintendo of America, majority owner of the Mariner’s remains committed to the team according to the Mariner’s chairman and CEO
