Planned Development/Brix Condominiums/William Shannon

W.G. Clark broke ground on a condominium project in downtown Seattle.

Developers Close Deal On Black Diamond Property

Kirkland - Kirkland based Yarrow Bay Group announced it has acquired some 860 acres in the Black Diamond area from Plum Creek Land Company of Seattle. Price and terms were not disclosed.

This brings Yarrow Bay Group's holdings in the Black Diamond area to nearly 1,580 acres, which includes 320 acres in Lawson Hills purchased or under contract from Palmer Coking Coal Company and adjoining property owners and 400 acres bought from Washington Real Estate Holdings in late August.

The company hopes to create two master planned communities on the land. Construction could begin in two to three years, depending on the planning and approval process, a company spokesperson said.

Brix Condos Replace Grocery Store near City Core

SEATTLE - Demolition of Broadway's old Safeway building on Capitol Hill began recently, making way for Brix Condomini-ums, Capitol Hill's newest residential mixed use retail/condominium development.

Brix is one of the key components in Mayor Greg Nickels' recently announced Broadway revitalization plan, which combines a city investment of $345,000 to rejuvenate and improve Broadway, with more than $55 million in private investment.

Schnitzer Northwest is providing development services to S/I Broadway, an affiliated entity which owns the Brix project.

Construction is scheduled to be completed and occupancy to occur in the 1st quarter of 2008. WG Clark will be the construction manager for the project.

Founder of Shannon and Wilson Dies at 92

Bill Shannon, a civil engineer, businessman, and leader in the geotechnical engineering profession, died on September 26 at age 92. In 1954, Mr. Shannon and Stan Wilson, who met at Harvard, formed Shannon & Wilson, Inc. a Seattle engineering firm which focuses on designing building foundations and earthen dams, geotechnical consulting, and earthquake engineering. Mr. Shannon worked on projects in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, as well as Canada, Korea, Borneo, Portugal, Australia, and Vietnam. He consulted on cofferdams, highways, railroads, dewatering, and deep excavations, to name a few areas of practice. The company now has 8 office specializing in geotechnical consulting nationwide.