Seattle Construction Recap: March 2026

One project defined March. A 131 home building in the University District accounted for almost all of the month's new construction. Around it, the permit record held a scatter of smaller approvals, openings, and filings.

Projects that broke ground

Two projects had their construction permit issued in March, adding 135 homes between them.

917 NE 63rd St is an eight story building in the University District with an issued permit worth $19.8 million, and on its own it is nearly all of March's groundbreaking. The only other start, 6030 California Ave SW in West Seattle, is a four story, four home infill building worth about $1.2 million.

Projects that cleared land use review

Two projects had their master use permit issued in March. Together they carry 105 homes.

Both are five story mid rise buildings. 1305 E Jefferson St adds 60 homes downtown, and 2406 32nd Ave W adds 45 in Interbay. Neither can pull a construction permit yet, but both have cleared land use review, which is often the slowest gate in the process.

Buildings that opened

Four residential buildings reached occupancy in March, about 102 homes in total.

The biggest is 609 W Nickerson St in Fremont, a three story building with 70 homes that accounts for most of the month's completed housing. A second Fremont project, 3860 Bridge Way N, added 19 homes. The other two are small, an eight home building in Eastlake at 255 E Louisa St and a five home building at 601 Aurora Ave N in South Lake Union, tall at eight stories but light on housing.

New projects filed

Ten development applications were filed in March. The largest is 401 NE Northgate Way in Roosevelt, a nine story, 234 home building, followed by 4511 35th Ave SW in SoDo at 156 homes and 1820 N 45th St in Wallingford at 65. The tallest is a 28 story tower downtown at 2001 8th Ave. Smaller applications in Columbia City, Ravenna, and elsewhere rounded out the month. Each faces one to three years of review before it can break ground.

How this recap is built

These figures read off dated permit events, not a current snapshot. Groundbreakings are development construction permits issued in March, openings are certificate of occupancy or final dates, and land use approvals are master use permits issued that month. Only visible projects are counted, and some late March records may still be importing.

Each month in this series works the same way. For the current status of any project above, see BuildVue's map or the relevant neighborhood page.