he concept of “pop-up hotels” has been around for some time and is typically associated with the ice hotels that dot Scandinavia, Canada, and other countries each winter. But the notion of these “pop-ups” has been expanding recently, as Puget Sound Business Journal reports that a new apartment tower in Belltown may soon be home to a temporary hotel.
Read MoreAs Puget Sound Business Journal reporter Marc Stiles recently tells readers, “if it looks like there are more construction cranes dotting the city of Seattle’s skyline, it’s because there are.” According to a report released in mid-July by Rider Levett Bucknall, “Seattle’s crane count increased from 45 to 65 from December through May,” which means “Seattle has more cranes than any other U.S. city for the third year in a row.”
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