Dive summary:
- On Third Avenue in downtown Seattle, the company that is erecting a mid-rise apartment building says it will be up and done in seven months simply because it's modular.
- The units are being manufactured in Oregon and shipped north so Charter Construction can turn them into the 49-unit ‘N’ Habit: Belltown.
- The neighborhood gets a benefit, too, because the contractors needs to disrupt traffic for two weekends while the units are lifted into place instead of causing a headache for as long as 14 months.
From the article:
A Seattle-based company called OneBuild is manufacturing the modules at its plant in Klamath Falls, Ore. ...