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

By: Risley

Risley — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:41:44 +0000

This name conversation is still happening in 2011, no one is buying those Condos and they are sitting there. I agree this is Burien and not Bellevue, maybe a drastic reduction is something that should be considered to at least make something out of the Condos. I would buy one if they were more reasonable. May Apartments are a good idea, at least when the economy improves they could jack the rents or go back to the Condo idea, but for the time being they could make some money off of them and bring people into downtown Burien.

By: Rainycity

Rainycity — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:11:27 +0000

Come on now folks,, remember “we can be proud of what we did”,, *heh-heh*

By: Rainycity

Rainycity — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:10:26 +0000

Tyee golf course,,*lol*

By: Coverofnight

Coverofnight — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:29:54 +0000

I miss the Ice Chalet……:(

By: Coverofnight

Coverofnight — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:28:35 +0000

For that kind of money, shouldn’t there also be a nice golf course nearby?

By: born in b town

born in b town — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:43:52 +0000

me too.

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.