First Hill building permits — week of July 20, 2026
Building and land-use permits published for First Hill the week of July 20, 2026, from the City of Seattle SDCI datasets.
In the week of July 20, 2026, First Hill logged 14 permits — 4 newly filed and 10 newly issued — across Seattle's building and land-use permitting, representing an estimated $16.2M in construction value. The largest project on file was “Change of use from general retail sales and services to elementary school per land use c…” — a Over $2M job.
- 4
- New applications
- 10
- Issued permits
- 14
- Total permits
- $16.2M
- Est. project value
Projects by value band
Notable projects
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Change of use from general retail sales and services to elementary school per land use code. Construct substantial alterations and additions and convert existing mixed-use retail building [FIRST HILL PLAZA RETAIL BUILDING CONDOMINIUM] to elementary school [SPRUCE STREET SCHOOL] occupy per plan. Mechanical included.
Construct alterations to institutional building (Cascade Tower) to create a cafe on the 4th floor occupy per plan.
Construct voluntary seismic retrofit (alternate method) to existing multifamily building (John Winthrop Apartments) per plan.
Scope of work includes replacement of ground level perimeter guardrails topping slab repairs and new pedestrian traffic coating at the ground level terrace and replacement of topping slab and hot rubberized waterproofing membrane at the ground level parking area. Additionally there will be some targeted structural repairs to the parking garage and structural deck.
Construct new pedestrian walkway addition to existing residential building (Cascade Tower) above 8th Ave occupy per plan. (Review and processing for two records under 7045746-CN)
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