Seattle envisions a 24-hour residential downtown — will office conversions play a part?

City leaders want vacant offices turned into housing as part of a broader effort to add thousands of residents downtown.
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1,100 Seattle buildings in need of retrofit to withstand earthquake forces

April 29, 2025, marks 60 years since a deadly earthquake hit western Washington. A magnitude 6.7 earthquake, centered near Des Moines, shook the ground for about 45 seconds on April 29, 1965. Three ...
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‘Inventory is one of the biggest problems’: Gee backs idea to turn empty Seattle office building into apartments

KIRO host Gee Scott supports plans to convert the historic Liggett Building into apartments in downtown Seattle.
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Efforts to protect historic Seattle buildings from possible earthquakes decades away

Up and down the West Coast, cities face high risk of earthquakes. In Seattle, there is an 85% chance of a major quake in the next 50 years. Historic brick buildings are most at risk. There is even a ...
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Artsy idea for affordable resi in Seattle turns ugly

Artspace Projects, the Minneapolis-based nonprofit bringing housing to creative communities across the country, is under fire for its dealings in Seattle. Residents at the Tashiro Kaplan Artist Lofts ...
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25 Years after Nisqually Quake, most old buildings have not been retrofitted

SEATTLE — It is a “Where were you?” moment in Seattle and State history. When the Nisqually earthquake hit at 10:54 a.m. on Feb. 28, 2001, the shaking cracked roads and buildings from Olympia to ...

Downtown Seattle office values plummet, raising concerns among city leaders

Seattle office buildings have plummeted in value over the last five years. Here's what city leaders are saying about it.