February came down to a single groundbreaking. One building, 127 units and eight stories on E Fir Street downtown, was the only residential project to pull a construction permit all month. The rest of February's activity sat at the far end of the pipeline, where four buildings opened and eleven more filed to get in line.
Projects that broke ground
Just one residential project had its construction permit issued in February, a 127 unit building.
| Project | Neighborhood | Units | Stories | Permit value |
|---|
| 1121 E Fir St | Downtown | 127 | 8 | $16.5M |
That start, 1121 E Fir St, carries an issued permit worth about $16.5 million. A month with a single groundbreaking is thin on the construction side, though the one project is a large one that will take a couple of years to top out.
Buildings that opened
Four residential buildings passed their final inspection in February, adding 229 units.
The biggest is 321 10th Ave S, a seven story building with 114 units in the International District. Behind it, 9208 20th Ave SW brought 77 units to West Seattle. The two smaller finals, 31 units in Ravenna and seven in Queen Anne, are the four story infill that makes up most of the city's completions in a given month.
Projects that cleared land use review
No master use permits were issued in February. The entitlement side of the pipeline simply sat quiet, while projects that already hold approvals kept moving toward their construction permits.
New projects filed
Eleven distinct projects filed new development applications in February.
The largest by a wide margin is 400 W Harrison St, a seven story, 254 unit application in Queen Anne. 3207 Beacon Ave S brings 31 units to Beacon Hill, and 1020 Bellevue Ct E adds ten in South Lake Union. The remaining applications landed in Rainier Beach, Georgetown, West Seattle, First Hill, Interbay, Downtown, Green Lake, and Northgate, spread citywide rather than clustered on one corridor. Most will sit in review for one to three years before they can break ground.
How this recap is built
Every figure traces to a dated permit event. A groundbreaking is a development construction permit issued in February, an opening is a certificate of occupancy or final inspection, and a filing is a new development application counted once per project, even when it carries several permits. Unit totals leave out non-residential completions. Only visible projects count, and the numbers can edge up as late February records finish posting.
That is February. The live pipeline, from first filing to final inspection, sits on BuildVue's map and the neighborhood pages.
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