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Real Estate
 Marc Stiles Real Estate Editor |
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October 28, 2010
Real Estate Buzz: The warts-and-all story of Mosler Lofts
By MARC STILES
Real Estate Editor
Real Estate Editor
Seattle developer Mark Schuster is out with a new book, “Lofty Pursuits: Repairing the World One Building at a Time.” It's the inside story on Mosler Lofts, one of the new downtown condo high-rises that has succeeded.
Whether you're a real estate veteran, a rookie or just interested in what it takes to pull off an $80 million project, it's a good read. It distills financing and other complexities of development, and shows once again that if something can go wrong on a big, high-stakes project, it probably will — no matter how well prepared the team is.
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