Matt Hutchins AIA CPHD

My brand of development: Leerroyyyyy Jenkins!

( I’m building another 12 homes in Spokane)

Jeez

That doesn’t seem to exist in the current code.

In the NR amendments that just went in force in January

In the NR amendments last year.

Seattle, when?

view from the dock:

sketch of half a duplex

Sketch for 1/2 a duplex I'm working on.
1.5 height living room, roof top greenhouse, 3 suites, killer view of the lake.
Approximately 1800 net sf including the garage.

In ten months.

I don’t care as much about what Democrats are doing about this illegal war, as what REPUBLICANS are doing. They have all the power right now and are the biggest sissy simp lickspittle submissives.

Operation Increasing Implied Violence in Naming Operations

No but we definitely want to start developing in western Washington.

South Hill, off Maple

Sketchy rendering of our next middle housing project in Spokane, by CAST architecture, Heartland and Heritage Housing Company.

It is happening! We're going to build more middle housing in Spokane!

I clarified with him ‘2 blocks’ to each side, not just two blocks. Timeline is with next EIS as urban and regional centers, 2027-28.

Manito Six in Spokane, by CAST architecture, Heartland, and Heritage Housing Company.

I am bringing them back. I build this sixplex last year based on a very similar configuration.

link to study showing how new units create flow of residents into newer higher quality units, freeing up additional units below market rates https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-urban-economics

People ask, 'How can a house sell for X, get torn down, then townhomes replace it, and all sell also for X?"
1) new const costs more per SF (like a new car vs used car) and 2) the real gain is not in the new unit, but in the 'vacancy chain' of people moving up into higher quality housing.

Missing in the middle of WA's middle housing: Elevators A bill still in play in the Washington Legislature would make elevators easier and less expensive to install in "middle housing" developments.

"You might think that our rules about elevators would help wheelchair users, but they can inadvertently achieve the opposite: overkill in elevator code kills elevators."

Thank you @ceceliablack.bsky.social for spelling this out so clearly!

www.seattletimes.com/opinion/miss...

Tuesday!

I was thinking Tuesday but I better check!!!!

Zoning Changes and the impacts to West Seattle — West Seattle Realty Join us Feb 24 for a deep dive into Seattle’s zoning changes and how they could impact housing, development, and your neighborhood! Hosted by Matt Hutchins at West Seattle Realty — all neighbors...

This week I’ll be talking at West Seattle Realty about zoning and the future of the city. I‘ll focus on possible development types in in NR zones, but also affordable housing in general, and the urban design of Neighborhood Centers and Corridors.

www.westseattlerealty.com/events/w9oiv...

My comments on the PlanSpokane 2046 Comprehensive Plan DEIS Here's what I shared with Spokane's planning team on the Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update.

Today is the last day to comment on #Spokane’s Comprehensive Plan DEIS.

The two growth strategies are both decent, but neither allocates enough growth to south Spokane, and I’d like to see more policies that reduce GHG emissions, like a VMT or mode shift target.

Read my comments to the city here:

no, just no.

I mean, I'm fine with nixing the Avalon station. I'm way out ahead (like 2035) when I say that eventually West Seattle Junction is going to be reclassified as a Regional Center akin to Ballard and the U-District.

Yes, damnit!

For a client who can’t navigate stairs, his Ballroom has more stairs than the Washington Monument.
Also can classical architecture include a handicapped ramp, or is that just not canonical?

PUT THE EPSTEIN FILES UNDER THE STAIRS!

PUT THE EPSTEIN FILES UNDER THE STAIRS!

The Epstein Ballroom stairs don't even touch the ground!

The Epstein Ballroom is an aesthetic disaster.

You don't need to be an architect to know this staircase shoudn't just land in the lawn....🙄

I love how the architect of this $400M+ monstrosity, Shalom Baranes Associates, doesn't care enough to have the stairs hit the ground right.

I guess they are probably getting stiffed on the contract?

You will be shocked to hear that this design’s terraces are responding to a specific requirement within the Spokane zoning code for open space per unit.

Amazing, thank you for sharing!