City Builder: Embracing a city’s history, while building upon it

On the top of Queen Anne—a neighborhood comprised of stately homes and a quaint, bustling downtown—is an urban village that is the new home to a 140,000 square foot mixed-used development designed by Tiscareno Associates. It’s a balancing act that many builders and developers are carefully working to manage. How to increase the usability of […]

City Builder: Developer Improves Building and Affordability

The lead in segment to Seattle Channel’s recent panel discussion on proposed legislation to reduce flexibility in leases for renters is one of the best and most balanced stories about the acquisition and redevelopment of an existing building. We’ve seen the stacked stories that only cover isolated instances of a few sad stories about tenants […]

City Builder:New Housing Comes with Free Books

Developing properties is, in the most literal sense, a community affair. And that’s the case with one of Village Builders’ latest projects in Morgan Junction, West Seattle. It’s one of those projects that makes people stand up and take notice because it involves community in the truest sense of the word. Village Builders Company Founded: […]