Seattle Commons — The Case For

Why this is a win for ULI Northwest (Urban Land Institute)

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The Win

ULI convenes the real estate and urban development community — the people who will have strong views on whether the Arch-as-commons is a credible idea. A ULI forum or advisory panel on the Arch's adaptive reuse would accomplish two things: bring private sector rigor to the proposal, and shift the real estate community from bystanders to participants.

ULI has analyzed similar civic facility conversions nationally. The Northwest chapter has standing in exactly the stakeholder circle where the Commons proposal needs credibility beyond the civic advocacy sphere.

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I want to analyze this proposal from the perspective of ULI Northwest (Urban Land Institute). There's a civic proposal to convert the WSCC Arch building at 7th & Pike into a year-round public commons operated by Seattle Center. The case being made to ULI Northwest (Urban Land Institute): ULI convenes the real estate and urban development community — the people who will have strong views on whether the Arch-as-commons is a credible idea. A ULI forum or advisory panel on the Arch's adaptive reuse would accomplish two things: bring private sector rigor to the proposal, and shift the real estate community from bystanders to participants. The full proposal: https://commons.conventioncityseattle.com What are the strongest arguments for and against, from ULI Northwest (Urban Land Institute)'s perspective?