Martin Selig and Jordan Selig in Seattle, on Aug. 21.
Photographer: Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg
Climate Changed
A Billionaire Trump Supporter and His Environmentalist Daughter Are Reshaping an American City
This father-daughter team, who don’t always agree, have ambitious plans for Seattle.
He’s an 82-year-old Trump supporter in liberal Seattle. She’s 32 and styles herself an environmentalist. He’s a blunt-spoken legend in the local real estate scene. She’s eager to put her stamp on the family business she’ll likely take over.
They’re the Seligs — Martin and Jordan — and on a rainy August morning, the two are sitting in purple velvet chairs around a black marble conference table in their downtown Seattle office, surrounded by glossy posters of the half-dozen developments they’re planning or already building.