http://www.djc.com/ Headlines from DJC.COM and the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce 2006 Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. All rights reserved. http://www.djc.com/news/en/12001713.html Green building rating systems, like LEED, focus on finished buildings but largely ignore how the land under and around them is treated. A new rating system called the Sustainable Sites Initiative has been created to change that. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST KATIE ZEMTSEFF http://www.djc.com/news/en/12001713.html http://www.djc.com/news/co/12001712.html Industry veteran Ed Kommers has replaced Brian Garvey, who led the local mechanical contractors' association for 27 years. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST BENJAMIN MINNICK http://www.djc.com/news/co/12001712.html http://www.djc.com/news/re/12001715.html The vacant land is now used as a play yard and Samis has no immediate plans for it. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST LYNN PORTER http://www.djc.com/news/re/12001715.html http://www.djc.com/news/re/12001714.html Markets will struggle with rising vacancy rates, weak or no rent growth, and a choke hold on credit that could push a number of property owners into foreclosure. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST J.W. ELPHINSTONE http://www.djc.com/news/re/12001714.html http://www.djc.com/news/bu/12001696.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.djc.com/news/bu/12001696.html http://www.djc.com/news/co/12001689.html Capitol Hill Housing held the grand opening of the $5.5 million Fremont Solstice Apartments in September. The apartments are on the 3600 block of Woodland Park Avenue North, on the site of a former Seattle City Light electrical substation. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST Journal staff http://www.djc.com/news/co/12001689.html http://www.djc.com/news/co/12001716.html Sound Transit is seeking contractors to build 11,400 feet of tunnel between the University of Washington and Capitol Hill for its University Link light rail line. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST Journal staff http://www.djc.com/news/co/12001716.html http://www.djc.com/news/re/12001717.html Investor Stanley Xu purchased the 190-unit Brittany Park Apartments in Auburn for $13.2 million from Triad Investment Co. of Sumner, the broker who represented both parties said. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST Journal staff http://www.djc.com/news/re/12001717.html http://www.djc.com/news/co/12001718.html The Washington State Department of Transportation has received $30 million in federal funding to replace or repair 21 city and county bridges that are obsolete or structurally deficient. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST Journal staff http://www.djc.com/news/co/12001718.html http://www.djc.com/news/co/12001719.html Vetch Construction of Camano Island is expected to start emergency repairs later this month on an Interstate 5 overpass in Burlington. The Chuckanut Drive overpass was damaged last year when an excavator being hauled by a tractor-trailer crashed into it. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST Journal staff http://www.djc.com/news/co/12001719.html http://www.djc.com/news/co/12001720.html University Place is seeking bids for the construction of Market Square, an 18,000-square-foot pedestrian plaza. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST Journal staff http://www.djc.com/news/co/12001720.html http://www.djc.com/news/co/12001721.html Crews from Granite Construction are continuing work on a project to install three noise walls along the west side of Interstate 5 between Fifth Avenue Northeast and Northeast 92nd Street. Work started in July. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST Journal staff http://www.djc.com/news/co/12001721.html http://www.djc.com/news/re/12001722.html Local politicians have promised parents and staff members that they will do everything possible to keep open the Yakima Valley School, a state home for the profoundly developmentally disabled. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.djc.com/news/re/12001722.html http://www.djc.com/news/en/12001723.html Five years after signing an agreement with the timber industry, the Bush administration has delivered its plan for nearly doubling the timber harvest on a patchwork of federal lands in Western Oregon. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.djc.com/news/en/12001723.html