HSC/Riverstone Residential Group just posted a couple ads on SeattleRentals.com for the NEW Moda Apartments in Belltown (2312 3rd Avenue):

- Studios: $1225 to $1695 per month, 251 to 474 SF
- 1 bedrooms: $1250 to $1825 per month, 467 to 546 SF
- 2 bedrooms: $1925 to $2175 per month, 530 to 631 SF

For those of you not familiar with the project, Moda was originally built as condominiums. When the sales office opened two years ago (this week), buyers stood in line to snag one of the 251 efficiency units, BUT despite the “sold-out” building status, last month the developer G. David Hoy (HMI Real Estate Inc. ) announced that market conditions and financing hurdles would prevent a sizable amount of buyers from the possibility of closing on their homes. Now, we have Moda Apartments…completion is set for October!

I just got back from my primitive family vacation at Steamboat Rock in eastern Washington and as I was unpacking I overheard Oprah talking about the smallest most efficient homes she has ever seen- Tiny Homes, Big Ideas.

From a 96 sq ft mobile cabin and America?s skinniest townhouse (just 7 feet wide!) to a 265 sq ft apartment for three- all residents use very creative strategies to efficiently utilize every nook and cranny while still expressing themselves and living comfortably. Designer Nate Berkus shares his ideas too!

As some of the new construction studios and one bedrooms continue to get smaller and smaller, there is still hope for making the tiny floorplans very livable!

Moda homeowners- TAKE NOTES!