Shoreline Development News/Pictures

I'm all for disagreement, I just want substantive argument about why you think I'm wrong.
Yeah, Roosevelt has seen a lot of change. However, Roosevelt 1) already had many mixed-use buildings; 2) already had lots of 4-5 story buildings (or more); 3) already had lots of multifamily buildings. Again, comparing the two circumstances based on "which is more transformative" going to 85' tall denser buildings is great, but it's not nearly as transformative as what's happening with the blocks surrounding the future 145th in Shoreline.

nwctybldr said:

I'm all for disagreement, I just want substantive argument about why you think I'm wrong.

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I'm all for making a substantive argument, but generally I try to stick to the same one...

nwctybldr said:

Yeah, Roosevelt has seen a lot of change. However, Roosevelt 1) already had many mixed-use buildings; 2) already had lots of 4-5 story buildings (or more); 3) already had lots of multifamily buildings. Again, comparing the two circumstances based on "which is more transformative" going to 85' tall denser buildings is great, but it's not nearly as transformative as what's happening with the blocks surrounding the future 145th in Shoreline.

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Yeah, that's not what you were on about to start, and not what I was taking issue with:

nwctybldr said:

Shoreline is absolutely embarrassing Seattle with TOD around the Lynnwood extension. Seattle electeds and staff should be ashamed. Honestly, many of them should probably be out of work with a swing and a miss as big as this.

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Ashamed, eh?... Shoreline is embarrassing Seattle eh?... So badly that the Seattle city council should be out of work?...

Again, just looking at Roosevelt, the city rezoned, and developers have responded. It turned a sleepy little neighborhood no one ever heard of into one of the denser TOD areas in the city. But because it's not "transformative enough" compared to the future developments in Shoreline, the city council should be out on its arse?... Sounds like pretty unfair criteria to me, don't you think?...

How bout: Both cities have done quite a bit of great work getting development around transit stations, and it's doubly great that Shoreline is building theirs up from pretty much nothing? Ditto Mtlk Terrace and Lynnwood...

BoulderGrad, you will notice from your own quoted text, my original comment was about the LYNNWOOD EXTENSION. You're the one who exploded this out assuming it was a commentary about the whole city, which it wasn't. Seattle is just now starting a process to think about how to rezone around the 130th and 145th stations. Shoreline embarked on that activity years ago when the final alignment was determined.
Was my original comment about city of Seattle officials being ashamed and calling for them to lose their jobs too strong? Sure. But I also generally expect planning departments from large cities like Seattle to be proactive about land use planning around fixed transit infrastructure, and with regard to the Lynnwood extension, they haven't been.
I'm not going to make any more posts on this topic.

nwctybldr said:

BoulderGrad, you will notice from your own quoted text, my original comment was about the LYNNWOOD EXTENSION. You're the one who exploded this out assuming it was a commentary about the whole city, which it wasn't. Seattle is just now starting a process to think about how to rezone around the 130th and 145th stations. Shoreline embarked on that activity years ago when the final alignment was determined.
Was my original comment about city of Seattle officials being ashamed and calling for them to lose their jobs too strong? Sure. But I also generally expect planning departments from large cities like Seattle to be proactive about land use planning around fixed transit infrastructure, and with regard to the Lynnwood extension, they haven't been.
I'm not going to make any more posts on this topic.

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You'll excuse my confusion considering almost all the developable land around the 145th street station isn't even in the city of Seattle... Anything North of 145th is Shoreline... City council of Shoreline should be out on their arses for not jumping on getting that developed

Finally got around to snapping a few photos. My weekend is a little free so I'll get pics of some other projects then. Also: my phone camera sucks and I'm taking most of these from my parked car so apologies in advance.

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178th and Aurora just north of the old DOL, crane is up and shoring is in progress.

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185th and Ashworth

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South side of 185th and Wallingford

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North side of 185th and Wallingford

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North of 185th on 1st Ave NE

All in all, there's been a ton of starts and completions on more 6-8 unit townhomes along the 185th corridor, mostly to the west of I-5. The Post on 175th and 15th NE in North City has been done for months. Trad, a four story (but also six story? It's kinda hard to describe without photos, which I'll get to taking) apartment on 15th is also finishing up along with Arabella 2. a few more townhome starts on the east side of the station area. As for the 145th Station area, the only real project to mention is the townhomes on 145th and 1st Ave NE, which they've finished about a third of. More coming soon!

Here are some more pictures around the area:

Townhomes on 1st Ave NE north of 145th
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Smaller project just west of the previous one:
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Here's the close-to-completion Trad apartments on 15th Ave NE in North City I mentioned in my previous post:
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A few more pictures!

To Capitol Hill, this is another angle (from Lakeside on the Seattle side of 145th) of the project you mentioned in the other thread:
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And here are a couple pictures of the apartment building bounded by Aurora, the Interurban, and Westminster Way (photos taken facing east):
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This was incorrectly posted in the Snohomish County topic by a member, so I figured I would post it here.


Kidder Mathews announced yesterday that it has sold eight residential parcels at and around 14802 Fifth Ave. N.E. That's almost directly east of the future Shoreline South/148th Station, where light rail service is expected to begin in 2024. It will be surrounded by single family residential.
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This view looks north at the project, with 148th in the foreground.

Couldn't snap pictures because it was dark but there's been massive movement around the 145th St station on the Shoreline side since I last visited. Pulte and other developers are starting to fence off entire blocks east of Meridian. MUR35 or 45 zoning so should be townhomes similar to the ones on 1st Ave NE and 145th.

The center of the block that is east of 1st, west of I-5, and north of 145th is going to be a 235-unit multifamily project with minimal retail space (less than 2,000 SF). It's a "through block" site that has access from both 145th and 147th, but lacks access from 1st to the west. Construction is planned to start June 2022 and complete around September 2024. There will be a Shoreline MFTE component.

araman0 said:

Those are all single family homes currently, right? Are developers just buying out all sfh’s there in bulk?

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At least for everything west of 1st Ave NE its MUR35/MUR45, which is pretty equivalent to Seattle's LR1-3 so they'll be townhomes. If you check streetview along the west side of 1st Ave north of 145th you should see what these look will look like.

Edit: Might've misunderstood the question. Yes, the current use there is all SFH. Looks like Pulte and some other LLCs are buying up tracts of these in bulk. The largest one is bounded by 147th/148th/Meridian/Corliss.

Here's some photos of those cleared blocks, with some nice lighting.

SE Corner of 147th and Corliss:
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NE Corner of 147th and Corliss:
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148th between 1st NE and Corliss looking south:
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East of 1st NE, City of Shoreline multifamily project:
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NE Corner of 147th and Meridian:
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Accompanied by this, presented without comment:
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