Monday Compendium

Editor's notes:
Urbnlivn is having a meetup June 27th: Details at Urbnlivn
Be sure to read the NY Times article on Bellevue (under Market)

Development
Seattle developer to remake Columbia City's main plaza [PI, June 18]
12 acres in Denny Triangle on market [PI, June 15]
Clise Properties puts Denny Triangle land up for sale [Times, June 15]
Clise family behind many of city's landmarks [PI, June 15]
One big chunk of downtown Seattle up for sale [Times, June 16]
Related: Paper Noose thoughts on Clise sale [PN, June 16]
Live-work condos present own problems [PI, June 15]
Megahomes multiplying, but how big is too big? [Times, June 15]
Old news dept: Ballard Denny's to be demo'ed for condos [BNT, June 18]

Neighborhood
Maple Leaf: A Maple Leaf lot in need of a developer [Slog, June 15]
Capitol Hill: Who is leasing old Rainbow Grocery space? [CHS, June 18]

Municipal/Zoning/Politics
City tree protection not making the cut [PI, June 17]
Related (sort of): Wallingford vigilante plant clipper [Slog, June 18]
Related (sort of): A West Seattle case of legal chopping [WSB, June 17]

Transportation
Transportation Census numbers [Slog, June 18]
Related: Seattle Transit Blog digs deeper into numbers [STB, June 13]

Market
The Cranes Are Back, So Are Tenants (Bellevue vs. Seattle) [NYT, June 17]
Thoughts on Zillow's Seattle heat map [SCR, June 18]
The Pittsburgh conversion [SCR, June 14]