Concord Pacific, an urban residential developer, purchased the site at Minor Avenue and Stewart Street following its first foray, Seattle House, a mixed-use project adjacent to Amazon’s Spheres at 6th and Bell.

A plaintiff cannot go to federal court without first going to state court, but if the case is lost there, the claim will be barred in federal court; the court overruled the state-litigation requirement because “the court was simply confused” about how the takings clause works.

While the big box sector is struggling, service- and entertainment-driven retail is experiencing roaring success.