Hjarta Condominiums — 80 units, 8 stories, built 2007. Get verified HOA data and current listings from Jeff Reynolds.
Ballard • NW Market St • Ballard's Tallest Registry Building
1530 NW Market St • 80 Units • 8 Stories • Built 2007 • Ballard, Seattle
Building Profile
Hjarta Condominiums is an 80-unit, 8-story condominium at 1530 NW Market St in Ballard, built in 2007. At 8 stories, it is the tallest building in Ballard's SCA Master Registry — and its NW Market Street address gives it the best walkability score of any building in the cluster. The building sits directly on Ballard's primary commercial spine, with the Sunday Farmers Market, transit connections, and the Ballard Ave restaurant corridor immediately accessible.
The 8-story height gives upper-floor units views that no other Ballard registry building can match — looking north and west across Ballard's rooftop grid toward Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains, and south toward Queen Anne and the Downtown skyline. At 80 units, Hjarta occupies the boutique end of Ballard's condo market — more intimate than Ballard Place or Canal Station, with a tighter owner community and more direct HOA engagement.
"Hjarta" is the Norwegian word for heart — a nod to Ballard's Scandinavian heritage, which runs through the neighborhood's history from its fishing village origins to its current identity. The name is fitting for a building on NW Market St: the commercial and cultural heart of Seattle's most distinctly character-driven neighborhood. Contact Jeff Reynolds for current listings, HOA data, and a full Hjarta buyer analysis.
| Building Name | Hjarta Condominiums |
| Address | 1530 NW Market St, Seattle, WA 98107 |
| Neighborhood | Ballard (NW Market St / Ballard Core) |
| Year Built | 2007 |
| Total Units | 80 |
| Stories | 8 — Ballard's tallest registry building |
| Building Type | Condominium |
| Name Meaning | Norwegian: 'Heart' (Ballard Scandinavian heritage) |
| HOA Fees | $0.78/sf |
| Rental Restrictions | Contact Jeff Reynolds to verify |
| Registry Status | Pending KC Assessor Verification |
| Nearest Transit | RapidRide D Line (directly on NW Market St) |
| Last Verified | March 2026 — SCA Registry |
Current Inventory
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Key factors for buyers evaluating Hjarta Condominiums. Jeff Reynolds reviews each of these in every Ballard buyer consultation.
Hjarta is the only Ballard registry building at 8 stories. The view premium at upper floors — looking north toward Puget Sound and the Olympics, south toward Queen Anne and Downtown — is real and quantifiable relative to lower floors. Confirm the exact floor, unit orientation, and view corridor before evaluating comparable sales. Lower floors face NW Market St and adjacent buildings with no meaningful view premium; upper floors command a premium that lower floors cannot justify. Jeff tracks the view premium spread across Hjarta's floor range.
1530 NW Market St is on Ballard's primary commercial corridor. Street-facing units have ambient commercial activity and noise typical of a main commercial street — buses, pedestrian traffic, restaurant noise, and event-related activity during Farmers Market Sundays and summer events. Confirm your unit's orientation (street-facing vs. courtyard or rear-facing) and its glazing quality before purchasing. Units oriented away from NW Market St have a different acoustic profile.
At 80 units, Hjarta is Ballard's most boutique registry building among the larger-scale condos — the same 2007 vintage as Canal Station, but 89 fewer units. The smaller scale means a tighter owner community, more direct HOA governance, and higher per-unit cost exposure for capital repairs than Canal Station or Ballard Place. The 2007 vintage means the same 18-year reserve study review applies. Request the current reserve study and fund balance.
Hjarta's NW Market St address has the highest walkability score of any building in the Ballard registry. The RapidRide D Line stop is directly on NW Market St; the Farmers Market is within steps on Sunday mornings; Ballard Ave's brewery and restaurant district is a 5-minute walk south; the Ship Canal and Burke-Gilman Trail are accessible within a 10-minute walk. For buyers who want maximum car-free lifestyle in Ballard, Hjarta is the address that delivers it.
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Jeff Reynolds has guided Seattle condo buyers for over 20 years — including Ballard, where Hjarta's 8-story height, 80-unit scale, NW Market St address, and Scandinavian name combine to create the most distinctive buying proposition in the neighborhood's registry.
At Hjarta, the view premium is the primary value driver above the 5th floor. Jeff tracks the floor-by-floor price premium across Hjarta's 8 stories, providing buyers with precise data on what view positioning actually costs relative to street-facing or lower-floor units. This analysis is particularly important at an 8-story building where the top 3 floors access a view tier that lower floors don't share.
The 80-unit scale means Hjarta's HOA is more intimate than Ballard Place or Canal Station — decisions move faster, owner relationships are more direct, and the governance culture is more visible. Jeff reviews the HOA meeting minutes for every Hjarta buyer, looking for any capital repair timing, governance friction, or reserve adequacy issues before an offer is made.
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