Comments on: Will Condo Prices Be Lowered Now That Burien Town Square’s Lender’s Assets Have Been Sold?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:44:57 +0000

You can’t just declare that your town is a fancy neighborhood and start selling condos at prices even higher than what you’d find on Market Street in Ballard. The city has to have some intrinsic value, like oh, I don’t know, a lake you can swim or canoe in on a nice day, or a city park that’s not dark and scary, pedestrian friendly road ways, a cap on the height of business signs, replace unnecessary patches of pavement with greenery, etc.

The developed area looks pretty classy but you have to pass some near blighted vistas to get there, and it just might be the case that the local economy can’t fuel a lot of new retail. Maybe they’re biting off too much too soon. Burien will be a miniature Bellevue someday, it’s inevitable. The population continues to grow a Burien is in centralized location.

The DOT plans to extend 509 all the way to I-5 at some point in the future, and this will further establish Burien and a hub between the north, south and east. You can have one family member work downtown, another in Renton and another in Federal Way and Burien nobody would be on the road for more than 15 minutes to and from.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:26:35 +0000

well if “yuppie town” means better propert values…

By: Jim Weston

Jim Weston — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:28:33 +0000

I attended the grand opening this summer and was shocked at the prices of the condos. Over 600,000 for a two story condo with a library and Sea-Tac airport view are ridiculous. This is Burien not Bellevue. Wake up developers.

By: Mariesa

Mariesa — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:56:36 +0000

What type of businesses would you like to see here? I emailed the Burien Town Square project at the beginning of the year and asked how many condos have sold and they told me 40%. It’s too bad only 5 have sold so far. I agree rent is way too high for our area. If it were less and maybe given some incentives like 6 months free rent, we would see some new businesses coming in. They are sitting empty and might be for the next six months, so why not? I thought the best idea was to have a movie theatre there. I understand that they cancelled that idea since there were residences there, and you really would need security there at all times. Though I really think that would attract people and businesses.

By: Rainycity

Rainycity — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:16:05 +0000

I always try and shop the small mom and pop type stores if for nothing else just to try and keep them around. You may pay a little more but its worth it. Burien but, thanks to our great town council, they just keep pricing them right out of here.
Seems they just want to make Burien a yuppie town..
And I thought most of those condos were sold, at least that`s what they told me when I went down there and seen the model last summer.

By: MIchelle

MIchelle — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:40:12 +0000

It would be so nice to have a downtown area where one could walk around in the evening, shop a bit, meet and greet friends and neighbors. This new town center could happen, prices just need to be more in line with our community not Bellevue.

By: Frumpledorf

Frumpledorf — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:07:26 +0000

Holy crap…5?????

That’s just ridiculous.

The downtown core is rebuilding itself in spite of this.

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:20:20 +0000

I miss Wonderworld Books & Gifts. It was one of my favorite shops in Burien.

By: lemon twist

lemon twist — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:11:52 +0000

It took a lot of guts for this developer to have a vision for our community. Let’s face it, the pawn shops and karate store fronts were not the economic engine this community needed. Without this project we’d be stuck in time. Let’s all have a little faith in the possibilities. We could start by shopping & dining locally and stop hitting the malls. You go Burien!

By: feisty

feisty — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:49:02 +0000

Tear it down …build a swimming pool… kids will have a place to pee…Council members will have a place to swim……