Thursday Compendium

Sorry for the delay. There's a lot:

Development
$32m Nitze-Stagen deal saves historic downtown church [PI, May 31]
Related: How the deal went down [Times, May 31]
Related: Seattle Times previous version [Times, May 30]
Bellevue: "Thinking big for the future of Bel-Red" [Times, May 31]
Check out area development over time on Trulia [CHS, May 31]
Fallout from ST Capitol Hill plans & other development [PI, May 30]
Related: Capitol Hill light rail station detail [SeaTrans, May 30]
Related: ST Capitol Hill light rail station page [ST]
"Schnitzer Northwest expanding, changing name" [PI, May 30]
"Seattle's 'Ladybug Guy' hits his blue period" [Times, May 30]
Washington Hall: likely to be sold, demolished [Crosscut, May 29]
Related: Paper Noose upset. [Paper Noose, May 30]
Downtown hotel switch incredulousness in writing [Seattlest, May 29]
Condos are spreading out [PI, May 28]
Related: Even in West Seattle [WS Blog, May 29]

Neighborhood
First Hill: M Street Grocery: Ok for neighbors [MetBlog, May 31]
Intl Dist: CASA Latina has some friends [PI, May 31] Fremont:
"It's back! The wait for 'the Interurban' is over" [PI, May 31]
Cap Hill: New park!; Comment & meet w/Park Dept [MillerPark, May 31]
Cap Hill: CHS blog wants you to move in [CHS, May 31]
Ballard: Bitches and moans (like everyone else) [Times, May 30]
WS: Trader Joe's Rumor [WS Blog, May 31]
WS: Competing offers to buy, Renter vs. Developer! [WS Blog, May 31]
WS: Land use updates [WS Blog, May 30]

Transportation
Sound Transit's shore-hugging rails [Times, May 30]
ST small-biz mitigation: example of success(!) [SeaTrans, May 30]

Market
"Case-Shiller: Seattle Not Really Special" [SeaBub, May 29]

Construction
Carpenters agree to work [PI, May 30]


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