Weekly digestSeattleWeek of May 11, 2026

Seattle building permits — week of May 11, 2026

A $34 million demolition permit on 2nd Avenue is the loudest signal this week: whatever is coming down at that address was substantial, and what replaces it will likely be more so. Demolitions dominate the top of the value chart, with seven of the ten highest-value permits being teardowns — a pattern that points to a land assembly or redevelopment wave quietly clearing the deck across multiple neighborhoods. Total declared value hit $66M on 116 permits, but the real story is what's being erased before the next chapter gets written.

116

PERMITS FILED

$66.0M

DECLARED VALUE

-7%

VS PRIOR WEEK

BUILDING

Top permits this week

2404 2ND AVE

$34,000,000

Demolition

A $34M demolition of a multifamily building on 2nd Avenue — the largest permit this week by a mile, signaling a major redevelopment play in Belltown.

ZIP 98121

8200 WALLINGFORD AVE N

$4,300,000

Building

Phase 2 seismic upgrades at a Wallingford private high school — $4.3M to structurally harden the building while mechanical work runs concurrently.

ZIP 98103

13521 8TH AVE NW

$2,500,000

Demolition

A $2.5M single-family teardown in the Crown Hill area — an unusually high valuation for a one-family demo, suggesting a complicated or large-footprint site.

ZIP 98177