[VanDeKoik]

No one in Capitol Hill should be surprised that this is happening. The amount of new stuff going up last year alone, as well as stuff down hill should have clued them in that things were changing fast.

Maybe they will all migrate down to Pioneer Square and sleep under the highway now.

[SunLakesJeff]

Maybe they will all migrate down to Pioneer Square and sleep under the highway now

Apparently, they are re-starting the Alaskan Way Tunnel in November. Recall that the Super Awesome Tunneling Machine got stuck digging through glacial tailings (Seattle isn't built upon sand) last year.

Frankly, if the Viaduct pilings are still there, that's Seattle's safest Real Estate.