Real Estate Services

Real Estate Services provides centralized real estate services to City decision-makers, other City departments and the general public. We implement simple to complex real estate transactions to accomplish major City goals. Our key functions are Technical Services for Property Acquisitions and Dispositions, Leasing, and Appraisals. We also develop City-wide Real Estate Policy and manage the City-wide Property Database.

East Precinct Auxiliary Parking Lot

The City of Seattle invites public input on the disposition and reuse of the Seattle Police Department East Precinct Auxiliary Parking Lot. A proposed mixed use development will be constructed on site, which will include replacement parking for the East Precinct, retail and commercial space as well as low-income housing. More information is available here.

Former Fire Station 39 Disposition

The City of Seattle invites public input on the disposition of former Fire Station 39 property.  (A new Fire Station 39, immediately adjacent to the old station, is now operational at 2806 NE 127th Street.)  More information is available here.

Former Fire Station 6 Disposition

The Department of Finance and Administrative Services has made a preliminary recommendation that the former Fire Station 6 be sold through an open competitive process that reaches the maximum number of potential purchasers, and that will produce the highest return to the City. (A new Fire Station 6, under construction at 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S., is expected to be completed in 2012.) More information is available here.

PMA 776 Disposition adjacent to Taylor Creek

Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) and the Department of Finance and Administrative Services have made a preliminary recommendation to sell a single-family house located at 10042 Rainier Avenue S. This parcel is a portion of PMA 776 – Taylor Creek Property, owned by SPU. SPU is currently designing flood control improvements and habitat enhancement of Taylor Creek. This single-family home is not needed for the project. Interested parties should not enter the property without the City’s permission as the house is occupied.

More information is available here.

Historic Fire Stations 37 and 38 to be sold

UPDATE:  Fire Station 37 has been sold for $613,000. Details available here.

UPDATE:  Fire Station 38 has been sold for $712,000. Details available here.

The City Council passed legislation authorizing the sale of these stations on September 6, 2011.  Each building will be sold through a separate open and competitive process.  More information is available here.