Group of downtown Seattle property owners must pay $16M for waterfront revitalization

The ruling by a Washington Court of Appeals panel reverses a March 2023 ruling.

SEATTLE — A group of downtown Seattle property owners must pay the City of Seattle $16 million to fund ongoing construction of the waterfront, a Washington Court of Appeals ruled this week.

The decision reverses a 2023 ruling that ordered the city to refund the $16 million to a small group of property owners who protested the Local Improvement District tax. The LID tax impacts more than 6,000 properties from SODO and Denny Way and provided $160 million for waterfront improvements.

The money from the property owners will be used for

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