Article: Developers seek, find hidden treasures: vacant lots take on new life as building space gets scarce.(REAL STATE & CONSTRUCTION)

Wenatchee isn't full of 20-acre parcels ready for development like it was 15 years ago. It takes a little more creativity and effort to get a project going these days, say some area developers.

Very few pieces of land lend themselves to cookie cutter concepts now. Each piece is different and affords different uses--not just the two-car garage, white picket fence model.

Cobblestone

Paul Bondo of Southwick Construction is currently finishing up the city of Wenatchee's permitting process on his 27-lot Cobblestone Development on Western Avenue and Maiden Lane. He bought the property in 2006 after looking for what he thought the housing market ...

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