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(Photos courtesy Housing Diversity Corporation) The new 115-apartment complex at 3405 Harbor Avenue SW, just north of the West Seattle Bridge, is close to completion. The developers at Housing Di...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/04/development-harbor-flats-close-to-completion/

The city has given a homebuilder the green light to cut down that evergreen tree in Upper Fauntleroy. Advocates who hoped to save the tree, nicknaming it “Henry,” consider the approval ironic...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/04/followup-6-home-upper-fauntleroy-project-gets-tree-removal-approval-advocates-hope-itll-show-why-the-rules-should-change/

(WSB photos. Above, One Seattle Plan project manager Michael Hubner addresses attendees) By Sean Golonka Reporting for West Seattle Blog About 80 West Seattle residents and others came together a...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/04/does-the-draft-one-seattle-plan-envision-enough-housing-that-question-takes-centerstage-at-west-seattle-open-house/

As reported here last month, the city is revising the Comprehensive Plan – meant to look ahead 20 years, but updated every 10 years or so – and hosting open houses for info, Q&A, and comments...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/04/look-ahead-20-years-in-one-night-draft-one-seattle-plan-ws-open-house-wednesday/

Today we’re welcoming Anthony Avery aka West Seattle Bike Dad, a real-estate broker with Ewing & Clark, as a new WSB sponsor. New sponsors get to tell you about themselves – here’s what Wes...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/04/real-estate-broker-west-seattle-bike-dad-welcome-new-wsb-sponsor/

Want to build commercial space and ~16 for-sale homes in Highland Park? As previewed last week, the city Office of Housing is now officially seeking prospective developers for the former Dumar Su...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/04/followup-highland-park-ex-substation-now-officially-open-for-affordable-homeownership-proposals-heres-what-that-means/

If you, or family members, are considering a senior-living move, and interested in independent living, you’ll want to visit Village Green West Seattle (WSB sponsor) to tour the Parkview Senior ...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/03/open-house-tour-village-greens-independent-senior-living-residences-friday/

By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor First thing you should know about the draft “One Seattle Plan” announced this week – aka an update to the city’s Comprehensive Plan, meant to guid...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/03/urban-villages-out-neighborhood-centers-in-heres-what-we-found-while-browsing-west-seattle-references-in-the-draft-one-seattle-plan/

(Rendering by Atelier Drome Architects) 4:30 PM: Redevelopment has been in the works for the former auto-shop site at 9201 Delridge Way SW for six years. The project plan, and ownership, have cha...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/02/development-construction-finally-close-for-mixed-use-project-at-9201-delridge-way-sw/

If you own property in King County, your bill for this year is due to be sent to you this week. You don’t have to wait for it to arrive to see what you owe – the amounts are now posted online...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/02/fyi-preview-this-years-property-tax-bill/

(Concept shown at Admiral Church/Homestead CLT event last October) Last fall, Admiral Church finalized a deal to turn over its half-acre site to Homestead Community Land Trust, which would in tur...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/02/followup-affordable-homeownership-project-on-admiral-church-site-gets-city-grant-heres-whats-ahead/

The Seattle Housing Authority has changed the way people can apply for vouchers that help cover rent costs. Here’s the announcement about how it works now, and that the new ongoing application ...

https://westseattleblog.com/2024/01/fyi-seattle-housing-authority-changes-how-and-when-people-can-apply-for-rent-help-vouchers/

(2013 image via Seattle City Light) A decade after Seattle City Light (SCL) started the process of divesting itself of the former Dumar Substation on the southwest corner or 16th/Holden, it’s f...

https://westseattleblog.com/2023/12/followup-council-oks-affordable-homeownership-future-for-ex-substation-in-highland-park-heres-where-the-moneys-coming-from/

While walking along 38th SW in Upper Fauntleroy between SW Trenton and SW Henderson, we noticed the house used a month ago for Seattle Fire Department training is in the late stages of demolition...

https://westseattleblog.com/2023/12/followup-demolition-under-way-at-upper-fauntleroy-house-used-for-fire-training/

47 minutes into that video, you’ll see the City Council Public Safety and Human Services Committee‘s relatively short discussion of the former substation site at 16th/Holden in Highland Park....

https://westseattleblog.com/2023/11/followup-plan-for-ex-substation-in-highland-park-gets-unanimous-council-committee-approval/