Real Estate Seattle Homes Not A Bad Investment
It isn't typical for a one single person to make a significant difference in a major city especially person who isn't a governor or politician of some sort. Then there is Paul Allen, a very extraordinary individual.
The Microsoft Software giant co-founder is definitely one of the richest people in the world, a billionaire who has consistently boosted his native Seattle, WA city. From the Seattle NFL Seahawks to his minority ownership of the Sounders, Seattle's Major League Soccer team. He also owns the sister Seattle city Portland Trailblazers of the NBA. He helped acquire and develop Qwest Field and he built the city's EMP, Experience Music Project, Science Fiction Museum & Hall of Fame, Flying Heritage (aviation museum) Collection and reopened the historic Seattle Cinerama. He has financed a brand new library, computer center and several medical school undertakings for the urban UofW.
His most recent project is in a very large downtown neighborhood, South Lake Union Seattle. It represents nearly half of Seattle's downtown, just northwest of the established central business area. Allen's Vulcan Real Estate company bought 60 acres, a third of the neighborhood, and has launched a mixed-use urban campus. It has offices and research facilities, hotels and stores, including a new Whole Foods store. It also has hundreds of apartments, including luxury condos and low-income housing. The first new buildings opened in 2004. A 12-acre park opens in September, which gives Seattleites their first easy access to the Lake Union waterfront. A new streetcar line ties it to the rest of downtown. Amazon, the nation's largest online retailer, was among the first of the area's many high-tech businesses to relocate its headquarters there on an 11-building campus.
As Paul Allen continues to develop urban areas with extensive infrastructure, resources and new residences, the landscape of the area will brighten and be changed for the better. Lacey with Skyline Properties at Newhousematch.com believes that the new urban sprawling area will benefit not just those who live here now but will entice many people from out of state to purchase 2nd homes in the Real Estate Seattle area. Many people are choosing to call Seattle their second home during the summer where Real Estate Seattle typically has beautiful warm sunny days. Seattle is a very bicycle-friendly city and offers access to hiking, golf, sailing, skiing and mountaineering. Many Seattleites tend to buy second homes at Lake Chelan, three hours away, or on nearby Vashon Island in Puget Sound or the San Juan Islands in the Salish Sea. But more outsiders are choosing Seattle and its beautiful surrounding coastline. The tech boom of the early 2000's has helped as some newly minted millionaires from suburban areas seek a beautiful Seattle urban area.
When looking at homes Seattle or Real Estate Seattle and the surrounding area, you will notice that the urban area is sprawling and exciting. It's exciting to those of us who liver here. seeing so much love and energy being put into the beautiful Seattle area. Whether you call this home, home away from home or are eventually hoping to live here, you will definitely enjoy the wonderful amenities and recreational activities.
