State OKs taller buildings along Tacoma's Foss Waterway

The state Department of Ecology has approved a change to Tacoma’s shoreline management plan that could allow 180-foot condominium towers on the northwest side of the Thea Foss Waterway. Construction won’t start anytime soon, however. “This is the process to get us to where we can actually have a permit,” said Ted Johnson of Simon Johnson LLC, the development company. The amendment nearly doubles the previous... [read full story]