Shout out to our friends at Urbnlivn!

We have been getting a great deal of coverage from our friends at Urbnlivn.com!.   Katrina Schwieterman, who covers Built Green or LEED-certified modern, new construction residences in Seattle, most recently posted about our first spec Passive House, currently in design phase and to be built at Columbia Station Phase Four in Rainier Vista.

Katrina and her colleague Matt Goyer are passionate about real estate and urban living and started Urbnlivn to “provide useful, up-to-date information about condos and homes in Seattle”.  Click here for more from Katrina about our Columbia City Built Green Homes, High Tech Modern in Columbia City and other coverage.  Meanwhile please follow Urbnlivn on Twitter at @urbnlivn and like them on Facebook!

Built Green has selected Dwell Development’s Rainier Vista micro-community as their featured project for January!

As part of their communications efforts, BuiltGreen, a non-profit, residential building program of the Master Builders Association publishes a monthly newsletter, selecting a project for each issue that meets the high standards and goals they’d like builders to aspire towards.

In the January issue, the cover story features Dwell Development’s 4 unit micro-community at Columbia Station in Rainier Vista.  This micro-community will grow to 15 units of affordable  housing and are cited as “great example(s) of 5-Star green building and design at an accessible price point.”

Click here for the complete case study, and to learn more about these amazing homes, check out the pages on our site for Columbia Station Phase 2 and Phase 3!   For sales inquiries, please contact Susan Stasik (206) 660-1012, (Enable Javascript to see the email address) and Jonathan Savage (206) 478-3400, (Enable Javascript to see the email address) Windermere Real Estate/NW, Inc.

Here are some new pictures of 2104 E. Pine–we are approx 60 days from completing this East Capitol Hill home. (scroll down for February 2012 update)

Dwell Development Founder Anthony Maschmedt and Architect Julian Weber, AIA  checking out the energy sealing behind the walls.

Seams and joints are caulked with EcoSeal and ceilings coated with spray foam prior to packing the walls, ceilings and floors with Green certified insulation.

Exterior being painted!

February 7th, 2012:  We’re less than 60 days from completion!  Sheet rock and paint are in.  Now the fun part–the home stretch.  Cabinates arrive this week at 2140 E. Pine.

. . .check back for more updates!

We broke ground on 4318 S Ferdinand St. in Columbia City last week, mid-December 2011! With an estimated completion of Summer 2012, here you can follow its progress!

Foundation is in and slab is poured at 4318 S. Ferdinand.  We’re waiting for the framing panels.  There’s still time to lock into a pre-sale on this high style modern view home!

Stand by for more updates soon…

Exciting things happening in Columbia City this month, from progress on Columbia Station Phase 2 and a new music venue opening its doors you can learn about on the Columbia City Lifestyle blog post when you scroll down to the December 2011 updates!

With an estimated completion of Spring 2012, here you can follow the progress of Columbia Station Phase 2 in Columbia City! (scroll down for February updates!)

Here are the very first building steps…

…foundations for #5 and #6

…and more foundations!

DECEMBER 2011 UPDATE:

the foundations for units #5 and #6 have been poured!

END OF DECEMBER 2011 UPDATE:

the foundations for units #7 and #8 have been poured!

Below is a model of a completed Dwell Development Signature home, there will be two of these in Phase 2!

 and click here for our model home to market pre-sales photo gallery!

JANUARY 2012 UPDATE:

Units 5 & 6 roofs are on and we’re ready for wrap and siding …

 … and framing has begun on Units 7 & 8.

FEBRUARY 2012 UPDATE:

Unit 5 (below) is almost completely sided and ahead of schedule!

Unit 8 (below) is taking shape, wrap and siding wrap and siding begin next week!

More updates soon!

Dwell Development at Columbia Station PARTY!

October 13th saw the launch of our Phase I at Columbia Station and the ground breaking of Phase II!  This sustainable micro community features 15 single family modern, healthy homes and is just blocks from Light Rail and Columbia City!  They are Built Green 5 Star and target LEED Platinum!

and, we had a terrific party to celebrate!

Awards from our peers this Fall

We have had such a busy Fall, filled with some prestigious awards!  First we announced having won the Northwest EnergyStar Builder Award for 2nd place Home of the Year, 2010-2011, and we followed up by proudly accepting the Master Builders Association Built Green Hammer Award in the Builder, Small Production category.  With 5 home certifications in 2010, Dwell Development built some of the program’s highest scoring production homes.

Here are links to the press releases:

Northwest EnergyStar Builder Award

BuiltGreen Hammer Award

Thank you!  We are honored!

We’re just a few weeks from completion on this this 5-Star Built Green modern home in Central Seattle!  The exterior is painted, floors are in and cabinets have arrived!

UPDATE, OCTOBER 30TH – COMPLETED!

Dwell Development just completed this home at 19th & E. Jefferson.  It exceeds Built Green 5-Star & is targeting LEED Platinum certified!!!  See below!

Follow along with the phases of the building process for 4601 43rd.  Here you’ll see ground breaking that occured in late July…

…Dwell Development had to install pin piles during the ground prep work and engineering.  Notice the views in the concrete pour pix.

Early August saw the foundation form and pour…

By late August, Dwell Development was framing the first floor.

About five weeks from ground breaking the second floor framing is almost done.  Pictured above is of the breeze way to the Master wing.

LATE SEPTEMBER UPDATE:

The second story is up and the roof is being installed…windows will arrive soon.

LATE OCTOBER UPDATE:

4601Dwell Development is moving right along. The siding is installed (see image below) and we are moving to insulation and sheet rock next week. Estimated completion is January 2012, ahead of schedule.

. . .more to come. . .