Development

Light rail is helping Mountlake Terrace find its heart

Mountlake Terrace used to be a spread-out place full of small houses with lawns. Light rail is changing all that.

What’s at the root of a growing rift between an iconic Woodinville garden shop and the downtown developer?

The situation in Woodinville has gotten messier than a vegetable garden after a bunch of rabbits moved in, and now, the city council and mayor are stepping in to try to bring both all parties back to the table.

For Seattle waterfront's future, look to Brooklyn, New York City

Can Seattle’s redesigned waterfront help revive its downtown? For an answer, we look to another place that has a lot in common with Seattle: Brooklyn, New York City.

A flare-up of vacant building fires in Seattle — some deadly

Vacant building complaints are on the rise in Seattle. So are vacant building fires, like one that tore into a century-old brick building in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District the morning of July 20th.

Does Seattle’s tree protection ordinance protect developers more than trees?

Industry, entertainment, and offices but no housing: The contentious future of Seattle's Stadium District

Industrial Lands – got some big new protections in Seattle this week. The new zoning rules add restrictions to some industrial areas, but allow new kinds of development in others. But lingering disagreements over the plan’s compromises aren’t going away. Especially around the sports stadiums in SODO.

Find your way to the waterfront

When’s the last time you went down to the waterfront? Alaskan Way is busy with construction as the whole area goes through a redesign. But the project is getting closer to completion. We went down to check in on the progress with Angela Brady, Director of the City's Office of the Waterfront and Civic Projects.

Skagit County program helps preserve dwindling farmland

There’s pride in eating locally grown food. But land to grow that food is disappearing. Preservation efforts, like the Skagit County Farmland Legacy Program, works to protect farmlands.