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  • Photos Links Isthmus heights hearing set

    OLYMPIA - The Olympia City Council will hold another public hearing about the downtown isthmus Tuesday at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts - this time about whether the city should make permanent an interim decision to drop height limits to 35 feet.
    • Building heights debate past coverage

  • Photos Deadline sinks isthmus bill

    A bill slapping a 35-foot height limit on the isthmus between Budd Inlet and Capitol inlet died Tuesday in the Legislature, but a measure helping Lacey and its fire district sort out annexation-related debt remains alive.

  • Photos Isthmus dispute returns to House

    Olympia's isthmus-development dispute returns to the Legislature on Thursday - to the House Local Government Committee that killed an isthmus height-limit measure last year.

  • Photos Links Isthmus debate heats up council retreat

    OLYMPIA - Emotions about building-height limits on the isthmus boiled over Friday evening as three new council members and four incumbents sat down for the beginning of their two-day annual retreat.

  • Photos Isthmus height limit at 35' again

    OLYMPIA - The Olympia City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to return height limits to 35 feet on the downtown isthmus, and voted 5-2 to do it on a first and final reading.
    • Building heights debate past coverage

  • Photos Isthmus plan in doubt

    The new Olympia City Council wasted no time moving to undo the city's most controversial decision in recent years.
    • Building heights debate past coverage

  • Group not sure Larida fits in with isthmus

    OLYMPIA - For the second consecutive week, the city's Design Review Board grappled with whether to make a design recommendation for a mixed-use project on the isthmus. On Thursday, board members said they liked the project design but didn't care for the project in that location.

  • Isthmus project redrawn

    OLYMPIA - Triway Enterprises has scaled back its plan for one building on the downtown isthmus and modified its plan for another in a site plan submitted to the city last week.
    • Building heights debate past coverage

  • Height limits seen as key to races

    OLYMPIA – The Aug. 18 primary for the Olympia City Council is being viewed by some in the community as a referendum on the city’s decision last year to raise building-height limits on the downtown isthmus to allow mixed-use buildings that include condominiums.

  • Building back on market

    OLYMPIA – The effort to lease the nine-story building that overlooks Capitol Lake has been kick-started back to life now that the city has dropped its plan to acquire the property, a co-owner of the building and a commercial real estate broker said Tuesday.

  • Photos Taller building plan hits snag

    OLYMPIA - A controversial plan to build five- and seven-story mixed-use buildings on the downtown isthmus has hit a significant speed bump.
    • Building heights debate past coverage

  • Photos Isthmus park ballot issue dropped

    OLYMPIA – Mayor Doug Mah said Wednesday that he is dropping his proposal for a November ballot measure asking voters to approve up to $33 million in taxes to buy an isthmus park and rebuild Percival Landing.
    • Building heights debate past coverage

  • Photos Town hall set for Isthmus issue

    OLYMPIA - Mayor Doug Mah has called a town hall meeting for Monday about his proposal for a $33 million ballot measure for voters to buy an isthmus park and nearby land, a plan that appears increasingly unlikely.
    • Building heights debate past coverage

  • Owners open to isthmus sale

    OLYMPIA – The owners of the nine-story Viewpoint Tower on the downtown isthmus are offering to sell it to the city of Olympia and demolish it and its annex for $16.5 million so it can be turned into a park.

  • Photos Building heights options open

    An attempt to halt taller development on the downtown isthmus failed to pass the State Legislature before the session ended.
    • Building heights debate past coverage


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