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Design Perspectives By Clair Enlow |
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June 13, 2012
Design Perspectives: Has the time come for Amazon Center?
By CLAIR ENLOW
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
What is the real value of a public right-of-way?
It's not hard to arrive at its market value as developable land. That's the way it's appraised in the city of Seattle before it's conveyed to a private owner in a street vacation.
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