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Home in Tacoma Update – October 2024…and a Case Study

by Grouparchitect
Grouparchitect, House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Multi-family, Tacoma
October 16, 2024

Hello Home in Tacoma fans – Today’s update fills in the current status of the plan as well as including some lessons learned after reviewing a few sites under the new code. First – the code updates. Timeline for voting / City Council actions per City of Tacoma’s HIT page below: This timeline seems on point with what we heard last month, so signs are looking good. We look forward to the first reading of the ordinance in late October as that...

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Kirkland Comprehensive Plan Update – October 2024

by Grouparchitect
Grouparchitect, House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Multi-family, Tacoma
October 10, 2024

Hello middle housing fans - Kirkland is active in the development of their comprehensive plan updates. Current activity as of the upcoming October 10th Planning Commission meeting shows current focus is on review of proposed Housing Element language and policies for incorporation into the comprehensive plan document. Policies in the approved comp plan are what ultimately will guide zoning code updates later, so this is very important framework for what’s to come. The housing element policies are rooted among many...

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House Bill 1110 and Bellevue Update – October 2024

by Grouparchitect
Grouparchitect, House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Multi-family
October 10, 2024

Hello middle housing fans - Bellevue is making progress! COMP PLAN APPROVED Bellevue approved their comp plan on September 27, 2024 which clears the way to focus on middle housing and HB1110 code updates among others! Next steps include a working session by City planning staff with the Planning Commission to review the state legislation and mandates and discuss staff recommendations for how to proceed. PLANNING COMMISSION WORKING SESSION #1 City staff met with Bellevue Planning Commission on October 9, 2024 to begin working...

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Cru at Willows Awarded Built Green 4-Star!

by Grouparchitect
Award, Built Green, Grouparchitect, Multi-family
September 25, 2024

Our newest multifamily project in Redmond, CRU at Willows, just earned its Built Green 4-Star rating in September 2024. Many thanks to the design and construction team on this project for all their hard work. CRU is now open and leasing units, with commercial tenants already in design and permitting. More updates To learn more about Built Green follow the link below! https://www.builtgreen.net/about/#mission...

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Keasy.ai: Collaborate, Create, Celebrate

by Grouparchitect
Grouparchitect, House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Multi-family, Tacoma
September 18, 2024

Keasy.ai is a startup company offering a property management platform oriented to all scales of multifamily properties and landlords. Brian Palidar with Grouparchitect was recently invited to attend a celebration party for the initial launch of their new app. Keasy was initially founded by Liat and Guy Arama, both ex-tech entrepreneurs as well as multifamily owners and landlords, who wanted to offer up to others the innovative property management tools they had developed for themselves to automate much of the process. It...

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One Seattle Plan and Middle Housing Update – September 2024

by Grouparchitect
Grouparchitect, House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Multi-family
September 14, 2024

Welcome to September! Many thanks to AIA Seattle for hosting a continuing education seminar this week which features multiple planning managers from Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, and Shoreline talking about their cities and how they’re approaching the middle housing code changes. Today we’ll focus on updating you on SEATTLE. Seattle is making progress on middle housing but also in other types of upzone changes as well. Many other areas besides Neighborhood Residential will be updated for new zoning types and designations, so...

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Home in Tacoma Update – September 2024

by Grouparchitect
Grouparchitect, House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Multi-family, Tacoma
September 13, 2024

Many thanks to AIA Seattle for hosting a continuing education seminar this week which features multiple planning managers from Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, and Shoreline talking about their cities and how they’re approaching the middle housing code changes. Today we’ll focus on updating everyone on TACOMA. Tacoma is making progress on middle housing, and it now has some working calendar dates attached to everything. Per my discussions this week with Shirley Schultz, Interim Planning Manager, the final stages of the process are...

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The Row Apartments Earn Built Green 4-Star!

by Grouparchitect
Award, Built Green, Grouparchitect, Multi-family
August 13, 2024

Our recent project in Seattle’s University District just earned its Built Green 4-Star rating in August 2024. Many thanks to the design and construction team on this project for all their hard work making The Row Apartments ready to open! To learn more about Built Green follow the link below! https://www.builtgreen.net/about/#mission...

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