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SkB Architects buys its building

By LYNN PORTER

SkB Architects purchased its headquarters and an adjacent parking lot at 2333 Third Ave. in Seattle yesterday for $3.65 million.


Holland tops out First Hill tower

By JOURNAL STAFF

Construction of Holland Partner Group's high-rise apartment tower on First Hill topped out yesterday, 10 months after work began, company officials said.


Juanita Village units to be done next year

By JOURNAL STAFF

The real estate services firm HFF said it arranged a $32 million construction loan for a 196-unit mixed-use complex in the 11.4-acre Juanita Village master-planned development in Kirkland.


WSDOT adds more traffic cams on I-5

By JOURNAL STAFF

Crews from Elcon Corp. recently finished a $3.2 million project that repaved a four-mile stretch of southbound Interstate 5 between Marysville and Everett.


Blue Martini opening at The Bravern

By JOURNAL STAFF

The lounge offers more than 40 specialty martinis, and can handle up to 350 people.

Workers prep bottle plant for new furnace

The $109 million Kalama wine bottle plant was shut down in 2009 shortly after it opened. The plant's furnace failed, causing a massive molten glass leak.


Report: oversight of Alaskan tribal contracts lacking

By RACHEL D'ORO

The GAO report says agencies need to do a better job monitoring the Small Business Administration 8(a) program.


Lawmaker's bill could stymie Oregon LNG pipeline

Rep. Peter DeFazio wants to take away the power of eminent domain for assembling the pipeline right of way.


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Previous Stories


February 9, 2012
2 contractors find a new career: zip lines
DSA: Downtown needs playground, school, and Third Avenue upgrade
Neighbors want Mexican highway project rerouted to save ruins of an ancient town
$2.3M to dredge Swinomish Channel
Builders group: 2012 is ‘ramp' to recovery
New Corps offices near Walla Walla
Tierney to retire as SHA director
Corps set to clear boulders from dam
Vigor Industrial buying Alaska ship builder
Arlington lumber mill is closing
Bunker Hill Mine in Kellogg is sold

February 8, 2012
Audit: WTC costs have hit $15B
Casa Latina completing Central District campus
Seattle waterfront meeting tonight
Artists wanted for storefronts
LEED gold for Belfair bank
ESA has purchased Paragon
Bothell Crossroads last phase bidding
Two new hotels for Lakewood
Quileute tribe move gets U.S. House OK
Fee increases would pay for road repairs
Feds find 'unusual' wear at California nuke plant
Officials fear economic fallout from Fairbanks squad move
Postal worker falls into drain and dies

February 7, 2012
UW Tacoma building wins LEED platinum
Idaho to remove rotting artwork
Officials push for $25M to study getting light rail to Federal Way
Pine Street Group renames project Via6
Shell hopes to drill in the Arctic this summer
Jim Bozich dead at 44
Rush Companies starting to build more affordable homes
Alaska may build library, museum
$40M expansion for Idaho cheese plant
GM: most dealers agree to upgrades

February 6, 2012
The Rock
Pike Station: Seven live-work lofts coming to Madrona neighborhood
Alaska expects boom in building
Oil boom's pros and cons coming to S.D.
Electrician and teacher Thorstensen dies at 81
Lawmakers reject Miami casino plans

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