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The latest in
California cool alcohol sales
– but it’s home banned in
much of city
Tiny condos in SMALL SPACES But other neighborhoods
California’s political leaders reached
an agreement Wednesday on the
Belltown to start A new Belltown condo development set to break ground in October will
feature smaller units at affordable prices. Below is a floor plan for a
fear trade will move there
nation’s most sweeping controls on
greenhouse gas emissions. That puts
at $149,950 338-square-foot unit.
BY ANGELA GALLOWAY
P-I reporter
the state at odds with the Bush Represents
BY AUBREY COHEN
administration on curbing man-made P-I reporter the size of Closet Stores throughout much of Seattle soon
causes of climate change. SEE A9 a queen- will be forbidden to sell cheap, extra-strong
Park two of GMC’s biggest Sierra pickups next sized bed beers and wines, thanks to rules approved by
New skipper to each other. That’s a lot of truck, but a small con-
dominium – at least by Seattle standards. 13 ft. Bath
the state Wednesday.
But that’s got folks in some neighborhoods
Living
after accident But a local developer is betting Seattle urba-
nites are primed to carve out their own two-truck space Kitchen
worrying whether homeless alcoholics will
then head to communities such as Walling-
chunks of Belltown. The moda condos, set to ford, Eastlake and southwest Seattle for their
The skipper of the Seattle-based break ground in October, promise “New York-style bottle of Thunderbird.
icebreaker Healy was relieved of living,” with units as small as 296 square feet that “There’s several stores that sell the high-
command Wednesday as the Coast start at $149,950. octane stuff in my neighborhood,” said Will
Guard investigates the deaths of two “I think there’s unmet demand for affordable 26 ft. Barker, a 40-year-old computer graphic artist.
divers from the ship who were killed
in the Arctic Ocean. SEE B1 SEE CONDO, A6 Source: H+dlT Collaborative, LLC SEATTLE P-I SEE ALCOHOL, A7

Costco warns
of lower profit
A warning from Costco Wholesale
THE GLOW OF DYING EMBERS?
that fourth-quarter profit will be
below analysts’ estimates sent the
company’s shares down more than
4 percent Wednesday. The company
said sales of some items have slowed
and gas prices are a problem. SEE E1

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NATION/WORLD
New park policy: The National Park
Service to side with conservation over
recreation when they conflict. A4
Military optimism: The U.S.
commander in Iraq says there’s
progress on security despite
continuing deadly attacks. A10

PASSAGES
Glenn Ford dies: The actor, whose
dozens of films included Westerns,
comedies and dramas, was 90. A11

SEATTLE
Wah Mee parole hearing: Relatives
of victims in the 1983 massacre
oppose putting one of the gunman on
a path to freedom. B1
Oil spilled: The search is on for the
source of a mysterious spill found near
the Edmonds ferry terminal. B5

BUSINESS
Quick layoffs: About 400 workers
got e-mails from RadioShack telling
them they were fired immediately. E1 MERYL SCHENKER / P-I

Russians buying into Airbus? Tony Lyons, 21, of Seattle has a cigarette outside Ozzie’s on lower Queen Anne Hill, where he works as a bouncer. Lyons says most of the people he is around at Ozzie’s and
Shares of Airbus’ parent rise amid at the car dealership where he also works smoke. He has smoked since he was 13 and says he is not ready to quit yet. So he was surprised to hear that the number of adult
reports a Russian bank bought more smokers in Washington has declined by 21 percent since 2000, meaning there are 205,000 fewer smokers in the state these days. SEE B1
than 4 percent of the company. E2
Labor abuses alleged: Apple is
delving into allegations against an
iPod manufacturer in China. E2
Medical costs are justified, study asserts COMING
INDEX TOMORROW
TODAY’S WEATHER Spread over many years, ical bill, and the report itself raises doubts
over how quickly costs have escalated.
gained,” Cutler said. “But the dramatic in-
crease in life expectancy that we’ve seen Pop, punk, rap . . .
Fog in the morning, then
clearing. High 75. Low 53. B8 the benefits of pricey However, the study calculated that
Americans of all ages spent an average of
over the last decades shows that rising
medical costs have been largely justified.” eccentric films . . .
roller derby . . . must
Comics D4,5 treatments are worth it $19,900 on medical care for each extra
year of life expectancy gained over the last
The analysis was supported by a grant
from the National Institute on Aging and be Bumbershoot time.
Crosswords D4,5 four decades of the 20th century. And that the Lasker Foundation and was published
Editorial B6,7 BY JEFF DONN cost is worth it, the study authors say. in today’s New England Journal of Medi-
Horoscope D2 The Associated Press “On average, the return is very high,” cine.
Lottery B2 concludes study leader David Cutler, a Har- Patrick Boyle, 74, is a prime example of
Obituaries B4 Despite exploding costs, most Ameri- vard University health economist. “But it’s what good medical care and intervention
Television E6 cans got sizable life-extending bang for getting worse for . . . in particular, the el- can do.
their medical bucks over recent decades, derly.” The Shoreline resident climbed Mount
★★★ says one of the most sweeping studies ever “The rising cost of health care has been Si when he was 57 years old. When he
of health care value. the source of a lot of saber rattling in the reached the top, he was in the midst of a

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That might come as a surprise to any- media and the public square, without any-
one who has ever shuddered over a med- one seriously analyzing the benefits SEE HEALTH, A9

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CONDO: Downtown location, price the major attraction

FROM A1 treux.
“People around the world ABOUT MODA
new construction in downtown,” live in places a lot smaller,” she
said developer G. David Hoy, said. “I think that definitely influ- CONDOMINIUMS
president of HMI Real Estate Inc. enced my perspective.”
“I also believe downtown needs Stines got married and What: 251 condos, including units
more diversity.” moved out in 2002. She now as small as 296 square feet that
Debra Smith, who now lives rents out her condo, holding on- start at $149,950, and 8,000
in a studio apartment in Queen to it for possible future use as an square feet of commercial space.
Anne, has already reserved a mo- urban crash pad – something she
da studio. She ex- said some other Where: 2312 Third Ave.
tolled the location, Montreux owners When: Anticipated groundbreaking
the price and even “I like having already do.
the size. everything in A quick review in October, with occupancy in
“I like having ev- just one room. of real-estate listings summer 2008.
erything in just one I just think shows “New York- Who: HMI Real Estate, developer
room,” she said. “I style living” is, in-
just think it’s a waste it’s a waste of deed, available in More information: The sales
of money to have all money to have New York, with con- center is set to open Sept. 23 at
this space that you all this space that dos as small as 250 314 Bell St. Preregister at
don’t really need.” you don’t really square feet on the modacondos.com.
Moda is not Se- market in Manhat-
attle’s first small-
need.” tan.
condo project. The Debra Smith, who now Rick Hooper,
Montreux building, lives in a studio policy director for
built in 1999 at 425 in Queen Anne but Seattle’s Office of advertising Saturday.
Vine St., has condos who has reserved a Housing, noted in a Matthew Gardner, a local
barely above 300 moda studio moda news release land-use economist, said moda
square feet. condominium that city officials GRANT M. HALLER / P-I hits an unmet price range down-
Erin Stines, one want more afford- Iolanthe Chan-McCarthy of Urban Pacific Real Estate, left, and G. David Hoy, president of HMI Real town while still generating a de-
of the first Montreux able homes down- Estate Inc., in a 300-square-foot unfinished condo. Studios that size range from $149,950 to $245,950. cent return per square foot for
buyers, said it was a place she town, close to jobs and transpor- the developer.
could afford within walking dis- tation. “It’s a gutsy move, certainly,”
tance of Seattle University, “To find a developer who’s countertops, floors finished with Real Estate, moda’s marketing tures, are designed to fit a little he said.
where she was going to law able to put an attractive product cherry or walnut and tile bath- firm. “So we decided to show place. Stines noted that many
school at the time, and the law on the market that hits that low- rooms. them 300 square feet.” So will the small-condo life- friends who visited her condo
firms where she worked. er price range is fantastic,” he The developers know they’re The smallest display unit in- style catch on in Seattle? were interested in something
“It was easy to clean,” she said. up against some trepidation cludes a bathroom and kitchen, Chan-McCarthy said she of- similar.
said. “I didn’t really have money The building’s 251 condos about small condos. So they’re walk-in closet, eating counter ten hears complaints about the “I think now the problem is
for furniture, so whatever I did will range up to two-bedroom, building several of the units in and areas to fit a desk, table, lack of less-expensive units in there’s just not very many spaces
have, it just instantly filled it up.” two-bath units selling for more their sales office. foldaway bed and other bare ne- other projects she represents. In- like that downtown,” she said.
Stines lived in small student than $400,000. All of the condos “Everybody always thinks, cessities. The fridge and dish- terest in moda already has been
housing in England and a “min- will have such luxury touches as ‘Oh my God, what can I put in washer are smaller than most strong, she said, with 228 people P-I reporter Aubrey Cohen
iature little apartment” in Japan appliances with stainless-steel 300 square feet?’ ” said Iolanthe and other touches, such as slid- preregistering at the develop- can be reached at 206-448-8362
before buying into the Mon- finishes, granite or limestone Chan-McCarthy of Urban Pacific ing doors and small light fix- ment’s Web site since the start of or aubreycohen@seattlepi.com.

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