Real Estate & Land Use
HCMP Client Alert: Seattle Releases Draft Downtown Regional Center Plan
On December 18th, Seattle’s Office of Planning and Community Development released the draft Downtown Regional Center Plan, an area-specific component of the ongoing citywide One Seattle Comprehensive Plan...
Continue ReadingHCMP Client Alert: Bellevue Moves Forward with Sign Code Update
Last week, the Bellevue City Council received a progress update from the City on the sign code updates that were initiated in Council last year. The updates stem from a 2015 United States Supreme Court...
Continue ReadingHCMP Welcomes Layla Khademi to the Land Use Group
HCMP is pleased to welcome Layla Khademi to the firm’s Land Use practice group. Layla is a 2025 graduate of Seattle University School of Law, where she was actively involved in student organizations focused...
Continue ReadingHillis Clark Martin & Peterson Successfully Defends Permanent Supportive Housing Using New Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Law
On October 24, 2025, HCMP attorneys Josh Friedmann and Alex Wu secured a dismissal in King County Superior Court of a land use appeal challenging Plymouth Housing Group’s Permanent Supportive Housing...
Continue ReadingNew Washington State Laws Aid Infill Housing through Lot Splits and Unit Lot Subdivisions
In May of 2025, Governor Bob Ferguson signed a pair of bipartisan bills to ease the subdivision of urban lots for infill housing use and development. Specifically, HB 1096 requires cities to implement a...
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