Slog - Comments on Council Approves Taller Buildings in Interbay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int The city council voted this afternoon 7-2 to allow residential buildings up to 85 feet in Interbay, the valley between Queen Anne and Magnolia. Previous regulations allowed only commercial buildings up to 40 feet. In effect, that limited development to big-box, auto-oriented retail. The new rules could allow Interbay to blossom into a small neighborhood. Even though the area is prime for more residential density--as per the city's plan for tighter, concentrated development--the decision was controversial. Under the rules approved today, developers must include 17.5 percent of the added floor area, above the previous 40-foot limit, as "workforce housing" (units... Copyright 2008 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:45:27 -0800 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:13:22 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by kk And after the workforce housing and retail go in, the City can site a jail there without getting a variance!

]]> kk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int#c1192685 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int#c1192685 Boom Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:45:16 -0800 Comment by John Bailo
Wonder how much of that land they sold to Vulcan for a song just before passing the ordinance...

But it's all in a day's work for Greg "Sell the city from the People to the Billionaires" Nichols.

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int#c1192703 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int#c1192703 Boom Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:55:47 -0800 Comment by tt I make less than 80% of median income.

Fuck.

]]> tt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int#c1192725 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int#c1192725 Boom Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:14:58 -0800 Comment by gry mklsk ick, don't remind me John - VULCAN - just one of the few main reasons i moved the hell out of seattle

]]> gry mklsk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int#c1192742 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int#c1192742 Boom Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:24:53 -0800 Comment by Trevor 12 years of tax breaks to create above-market rate rental housing!

]]> Trevor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int#c1192755 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int#c1192755 Boom Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:32:28 -0800 Comment by Non Thanks for identifying where the neighborhood is Jonah! Wait, I just double checked and Dominic Holden wrote this; no wonder it is so well done.

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int#c1192804 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int#c1192804 Boom Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:57:53 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle This was a reasonable compromise.

But we should still stop over-investing in this one section of our city.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int#c1192819 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int#c1192819 Boom Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:03:09 -0800 Comment by Gordon now all they need is a light rail line to connect Ballard, Interbay, and Belltown

]]> Gordon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int#c1192834 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/council_approves_taller_buildings_in_int#c1192834 Boom Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:13:22 -0800