A partnership of environmentalists, community organizers and real estate developers pulled off a deal this week that students of gentrification will dissect for years. Lake Union Partners on Tuesday paid $23.25 million for Midtown Center, a retail center at East […]
A deal has been reached between the owners, a developer and two nonprofits on a valuable piece of property in Seattle’s Central District. Lake Union Partners has agreed to buy the old Midtown Center property on 23rd Avenue and East Union
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It is a riskier bet than most $23.25 million land deals in Seattle. But new neighbors and longtime community members are probably happy to see real progress. Africatown, again in partnership with sustainability nonprofit turned in-city housing developer Forterra, will still be part
The 2.5-acre plot on the southeast corner of 23rd Avenue and East Union Street in Seattle’s Central District — once a cornerstone of historic black Seattle and now a symbol of displacement and gentrification – has been purchased for just over
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The 500-plus-unit project planned for the prominent corner of 23rd and Union is the first apartment development in Seattle to use a local community ownership model for 20 percent of the units. Hoping to slow the displacement of residents from
After months of eviction protests, the future of MidTown Center is finally becoming clearer. Today, Seattle-based developer Lake Union Partners closed on a $23.3 million deal to purchase the historic 23rd Avenue South and Union Street block in partnership with
Seattle, Wash., – May 23, 2017 – Africatown Community Land Trust (Africatown), Forterra and local developer Lake Union Partners (LUP) today announced a historic partnership for inclusive redevelopment of the southeast corner 23rd and East Union (Midtown) block in Seattle’s
Contact: Leda Chahim Government Affairs Director Forterra 206-905-6922 (office); 206-227-1433 (cell) | lchahim@forterra.org Stephanie Holmberg MVSD Capital Projects Assistant 360-428-6184 | sholmberg@mvsd320.org Governor Jay Inslee celebrates four new classrooms built from innovative Cross Laminated Timber at ribbon cutting ceremony The
SEQUIM, WA — Installation began today on a new modular classroom building made from Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) at Greywolf Elementary School. The CLT panels were created from timber sourced from the Olympic Peninsula and were manufactured in Oregon, making
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First-of-its-kind survey across King, Snohomish and Pierce counties polls nearly 1,200 young adults When it comes to naming their happy place, our Puget Sound millennials point to the outdoors and nature as most-favored destinations. That’s among the findings of a
