DEVELOPMENT: 3 West Seattle Junction-area notes

Three growth notes from the West Seattle Junction space:

4508 CALIFORNIA SW: First, a reminder that the primary of the subsequent wave of main tasks within the coronary heart of The Junction is anticipated to start out quickly. That is the mixed-use undertaking that can change the constructing that housed just lately closed eating places Lee’s and Kamei in addition to the previous Bare Crepe/West Seattle Cyclery house. It completed Design Evaluate greater than three years in the past – right here’s our report on the ultimate evaluate assembly in January 2019, at which era it was described as 58 flats, 12 lodging items, 17 underground parking areas, and ground-floor business house. After we requested property proprietor/developer Leon Capelouto in regards to the timeline just lately, he mentioned work might begin by month’s finish; the latest allow submitting for the undertaking, associated to make use of of the alley behind the constructing, suggests an early Could begin is anticipated.

CHURCH-PROPERTY REDEVELOPMENT: An early-stage submitting with town this week proposes 30 townhouses for the parking zone and former college constructing that West Seattle Christian Church owns to the east of its most important constructing, 4401-4425 forty first SW. We requested WSCC’s Pastor Value Wheeler in regards to the plan; he defined that the submitting is a part of a feasibility exploration for a possible purchaser, however each side have two months to contemplate it, so it’s not finalized but. The church additionally previously owned land throughout forty second SW, together with the forty second/Genesee nook the place a brand new proprietor is at the moment creating an condominium constructing.

MICROAPARTMENT PROJECT: A number of blocks south on forty first, it’s been 5 years since we first reported on a plan for 22 microapartments at 4807 forty first SW. Final time we made observe of it was when the location went available on the market in 2020. The building-permit file confirmed exercise on the undertaking just lately, so we checked out the location and famous that work is beneath approach (beneath is the view eastward from the alley).

We don’t understand how lengthy the work’s been occurring, as we weren’t monitoring this one carefully. County Assessor data don’t present an possession change having resulted from the aforementioned 2020 itemizing.