Big project gives downtown Issaquah a more urban vibe

Seven years ago, Issaquah launched an ambitious planning effort to make the core of the city more urban. The plan is now taking shape in a big way with a 344-unit apartment project called Atlas.

Lennar Multifamily Communities has broken ground on Atlas at Northwest Gilman Boulevard and Seventh Avenue Northwest. Unlike the low-slung buildings that now cover much of the suburb’s downtown, Atlas’s three buildings will be five stories tall.

Atlas is the first large apartment complex to be developed…