benmaritz
@benmaritz
Affordable housing developer in Seattle, Tacoma and Portland. Dad, volunteer board member, aspiring pillar of the community
Interesting - and no doubt controversial - @SeaTimesOpinion op ed from my friend Andrew Constantino, drawing on his personal experience of opioid addiction and his years as an outreach worker in Seattle. He writes: "Our compassion is useless when we embrace the destructive idea…
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Really important endorsement by @SeaTimesOpinion for Sarah Clark in the D2 Seattle School Board race. If you're not paying attention to the school board races, you should be, because the district has been a complete mess in recent years, and Seattle's children are being badly…
This isn’t even adjusted for population growth, and excludes single family houses which generally are not sprinklered and thus much more dangerous
And the last 25 years of fire and electrical code “improvements” have had approximately zero impact on structure fire fatalities. Source: the self-interested fire sprinkler trade association
Little known provision from a new state law requires all landlords to send all notices by certified mail, something that costs about $10 and which no tenant has ever asked for. Now I hear that the post office in Snohomish county is refusing to deliver them because they are…
Congrats @viviansong !!
I'm proud to endorse these local candidates. Be sure to return your ballot by August 5!
I'm proud to endorse these local candidates. Be sure to return your ballot by August 5!
This would not be possible in seattle due to front yard setbacks in the townhouse zones
Here's one of my favorite urban townhome projects: • 20 units on 25,000sf lot • 1 parking space per unit • 1800sf, 3-4BR/2.5BA But the best part is that each set of 5 units has their own small gates garden courtyard
If you are a sitting US representative and threaten a coup d’etat but don’t know what the term means, it is not a crime.
Thank you, @AGPamBondi @PamBondi. While others were busy trying to knife the president, this was quietly in the works behind the scenes. I can say with full confidence— this is the most transparent administration in U.S. history. Now the real question: Will any reporters finally…
There is no greater shame than that of a WSF lover who takes a trip on a BC Ferry
As the amount of time you spend in development goes to infinity, the probability of your projects being “garden style” goes to 1. Coming soon too Pierce County….
IZ taxes on new housing is the law of the land now near every transit station in Washington. The same formula applies regardless local area dynamics. Will totally crush development anywhere outside the most profitable areas to build.
What this misses is that IZ and taxes that fund non profit developers are often the only way to get political support for any new development at all