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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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House Bill 1110 and Bellevue

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

We noted in earlier posts that some cities won’t be quick to update codes to be in compliance with HB1110, and Bellevue is living up to that projection. Looking around more at where they are, we’re seeing that Bellevue squarely in the middle of their comprehensive plan (comp plan) amendments for 2024, the first step is preparing to push forward code compliant zoning changes for HB1110. It appears that comp plan changes and other procedural activities will be ongoing through...

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House Bill 1110 and Seattle

by Grouparchitect
Grouparchitect, House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Multi-family
May 9, 2024

Checking up first on Seattle here with respect to HB1110 and the City’s plan for compliance with the middle housing legislation as discussed last month. One Seattle is the name of their plan documents, you can read more about it here. The timeline for things being updated is out quite a way as suspected, so here’s a rough breakdown of what appears to be the current trajectory: Draft One Seattle Plan (OSP) due fall 2024, then get more public comment. ...

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Home in Tacoma, House Bill 1110 and You

by Grouparchitect
Grouparchitect, House Bill 1110, Middle Housing, Multi-family, Tacoma
May 7, 2024

Tacoma is hot on the heels of HB1110 so we found a lot of great progress to share for how they are proceeding with implementing middle housing legislation as discussed last month. Home in Tacoma is the name of their plan documents, you can read more about it here. The timeline for things being updated is very reasonable, far better than expected. Here’s what they are currently saying for implementation: Tacoma is already a leader here from what we can see, as...

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House Bill 1110 and Expanding Residential Opportunities

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

We’ve been hearing about this “middle housing” thing and the changes it will bring to Washington State. Earlier this month, State legislators adopted House Bill 1110 which formally requires jurisdictions to allow more housing typologies and housing density throughout the most densely populated areas. The map above by Makers shows where the various areas of change are concentrated. THANKS, THAT’S NICE. WHAT’S MIDDLE HOUSING? Middle housing (or “missing” middle housing) typically refers to a range of housing types that can provide...

Clara Apartments Earn Built Green 4-Star!

by Grouparchitect
Award, Built Green, Grouparchitect, Multi-family
February 3, 2023

Congratulations to the Clara Apartments for earning 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. More coming soon on our projects in Seattle’s University District! To learn more about Built Green follow the link below! https://www.builtgreen.net/about/#mission        ...

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