Eastlake Ave. - Featured Stories: Seattle appeal of NOAA move denied by federal agency

An appeal of NOAA's planned move from Lake Union to Newport, Oregon, has been denied by the Government Accountability Office apparently because owners of the land the Seattle base sits on failed to file a legal response in time.

NOAA announced in August that it would be leaving the Lake Union site where it has had a base for several decades and would relocate to Newport's Yaquina Bay starting in 2011. Both the Seattle owners (1801 Fairview Avenue East LLC) and the Port of Bellingham, which had also been bidding for the NOAA base, filed appeals. A decision on the Bellingham appeal is pending, according to the Bellingham Herald. (more)