Our development community has rapidly entered a new era of challenges in the permitting and entitlement processes. In response to this new level of challenge, we are pleased and excited to announce the formation of The Seattle Land Use Company. This partnership is led by Michael Pollard and Alchemy Real Estate. Since the land use code change in 2010, our city has seen unprecedented growth and change which has brought many new challenges to the building and development industry. Complete city blocks have been rebuilt in the span of 2 years, and the drastic change has not gone unnoticed. In response to neighborhood pushback, City and Utility policy-makers continually put measures in place which is creating a more challenging and costly development environment. These measures come in the form of requirements like utility extensions, right of way improvements and design review. As the level of complexity has increased in the development process, additional sets of hands are needed to help deliver a quality finished product in a timely manner. As you well know, every quality surveyor, civil engineer, geotech, architect, and city planner are currently understaffed and behind schedule. Consultants are fighting off new work and barely completing contracted work before moving on to the next task. This again makes development difficult, as the response time from consultant’s increases and their quality of work diminishes. These consultants are not at fault; they have their own … keep reading about about