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Vulcan Trolling on 2200 Westlake Blog?
This week I reported on a lawsuit against the developers of Vulcan’s 2200 Westlake project, detailing the many problems that have arisen since its staggered opening in the fall of 2006. During my reporting, I spoke with Alex, a resident at 2200, who anonymously runs the blog Fast Times at 2200 Westlake.
When I interviewed Vulcan, I cited Alex as one of my sources inside 2200. Subsequently, several comments appeared on Alex’s site challenging him to reveal his identity and attempting to discredit him:
One truth I have been dying to find out is your true identity, Chucky. For some one who is interested in the truth, it is unnerving to listen to someone who hides behind a false identity.
Alex checked the IP addresses the comments were posted from.
According to Alex, his search revealed that the comments were coming from the offices of Vulcan Inc. and their PR team at The Fearey Group.
[An] anonymous comment[er]…is logging on from feareygroup.com. The Fearey Group is a PR agency that represents Vulcan, as evidenced from their website. It is distasteful that Vulcan and Fearey have decided to troll this blog and attempt to discredit me and the discussions that we (owners, future residents, local area residents) are having. I am extremely disappointed in Vulcan that they have chosen this path. I urge them to listen to the concerns on this blog instead of trying to silence them. Vulcan: You’ve already got your payment from all the condo residents here! We can’t exactly ask for a refund, so what do you have to lose?
I attempted to contact Vulcan and The Fearey Group to comment on Alex’s claims but my calls were not returned.
Comments (20)
I know for a fact that some of the Stranger writers have aliases that they post with on the SLOG so I basically shrug at this one.
Posted by Big Deal? | April 11, 2007 4:58 PMTHX! All I know is that Vulcan is a great company to work for and that the new 2200 complex is sweet to the max! Whole Foods is an amazing shopping experience, and the tanning salon is HOT! It is a high-class, truly Seattle landmark in the making!
Posted by go mariners | April 11, 2007 5:06 PM...and living at 2200 will actually cure cancer.
Posted by and... | April 11, 2007 5:11 PMHooray, Jonah - you are getting great stories to us. Vulcan is hubris-sational! I love the salespeople who will "try not to sell" to investors. Good luck sticking to that as the market gets weirder each day. Folks who put down a deposit at the other Vulcan snot-pockets going up should ready their lawyers. Abyssus abyssum invocat.
Posted by Tomasyalba | April 11, 2007 5:49 PMI think that there could be a running article with regards to this. Front page story perhaps? It is interesting that Vulcan etc. didn't return any of your calls.
And to the commenter who states that stranger writers post on their blog anonymously. It is their blog. If Vulcan wants to post anonymous comments then they should start their own Vulcanlife blog and they can post all they want. However to post anonymously on a condominiums blog pretending to be a resident after already reaping HUGE profits is a shameful thing.
I think that they are just afraid that their overpriced (IMHO) Enso, Rollins and Veer complexes might not sell as well if people have anything negative to say about a building that they have already built.
What does Vulcan care about more? Their customers or their bottom line?
Posted by bumpkin | April 11, 2007 5:53 PM...do you hear that? listen closely:
its the sound of a few miniature violins playing a sad song for those idiots who would pay over a quarter of a million dollars for a studio condo at one of the noisiest and least living-friendly areas of downtown.
Posted by boo hoo | April 11, 2007 6:06 PMIt's fucked up that your article features a picture of the Pan Pacific and Whole Foods Market, while you're focusing only on the shit going down with the condos. That's misleading and shitty. The Stranger's disdain for Whole Foods Market continues. It's as transparent as Scotch TapeŽ.
Posted by Mike | April 11, 2007 6:19 PMWell, when Whole Foods signs a contract with UFCW, maybe then I'll agree with you Mike.
Posted by COMTE | April 11, 2007 7:39 PMLook, has Paul Allen done anything right in this town? Every single project he (via Vulcan) has touched is a disaster -- EMP is failing, Qwest Field continues to defraud the state, etc. etc.
The culture he creates at Vulcan is secretive and full of vitriol -- it shouldn't surprise anyone that they'd stoop this low. I'm simply appalled that our fair mayor thinks partnering with this moron and his minions for South Lake Union was a good decision. Plus, a fucking street car? C'mon!
"EMP's not working, let's put in a science fiction museum!" = "Nobody likes the bus, let's put in a street car!"
Blah.
Posted by theejackalope | April 12, 2007 8:10 AMWow. I just got obsessed with the "Fast Times at 2200 Westlake" blog. The condo owners posting there really are caricatures of themselves. It sounds like most of them thought they'd be living in a 3 bedroom house in the middle of University Village.
A few of the ridiculous complaints:
I don't feel bad for these people at all. Please move back to Bellevue or Laurelhurst. There's nothing for you in an urban environment.
Posted by jamier | April 12, 2007 8:37 AMI'm right there with #6, anyone who pays that much money for a condo should pipe it.
Posted by monkey | April 12, 2007 12:36 PMSeriously - when has real estate EVER come with a money back guarantee. They bought these places from a new developer site unseen. So we should feel bad for you that you actually have too deal with the same BS we all have to deal with. Why don't you try being nice to the homeless people, your new condo was built over the parking lot they used to sleep in. Look, the fire alarm has gone off in my place 3 times tonight. I've had to walk my fat butt down the stairs and freeze. Yah it sucks, but you just deal with it. Guess it goes too show you money DOESN'T buy happiness.
Posted by boo hoo II | April 12, 2007 10:26 PMSeriously - when has real estate EVER come with a money back guarantee. They bought these places from a new developer site unseen. So we should feel bad for you that you actually have too deal with the same BS we all have to deal with. Why don't you try being nice to the homeless people, your new condo was built over the parking lot they used to sleep in. Look, the fire alarm has gone off in my place 3 times tonight. I've had to walk my fat butt down the stairs and freeze. Yah it sucks, but you just deal with it. Guess it goes too show you money DOESN'T buy happiness.
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