Seattle planners have approved a long-planned 35-story apartment tower for Second Avenue and Pike Street. City officials actually started reviewing the plan in 2004. Developer Urban Visions revised the proposal in 2006, in response to major changes to downtown zoning rules, in 2007, when it added a Candela Hotel to the plan, and in 2009, [...]

A plan to build a 15-story apartment tower in the Pearl District has been called off, the developers said Tuesday. Representatives with Simpson Housing LLLP of Denver had planned to meet next month with city employees to discuss whether the project was feasible. But the company decided the return wouldn’t justify construction. “It’s kind of [...]