The Puget Sound Business Journal is reporting that a Chicago-based real estate investment firm has purchased the empty lot at 15th Ave NW and NW Market for $12.5 million. The demolition of the old Manning’s/Denny’s building in June of last year was controversial, with the Seattle Landmarks and Preservation Board voting that there was no …
The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce is reporting that the Benaroya Company has a buyer interested in purchasing the former Manning’s/Denny’s property at the corner of 15th Ave NW & NW Market. “A buyer signed a letter of intent last week for the multi-family site, according to Larry Benaroya,” Marc Stiles writes, “He expects the …
More than a year after the Denny’s building was torn down, demolition permits have been issued for the two remaining buildings on the property. The permits specify demolition of the single-story commercial building and the and the residential property that have been sitting vacant for more than a year. Just because the permits were issued …
First on My Ballard: Rhapsody Partners and architect Arthur Chang won approval from the Design Review Board on Monday night for Market Street Landing, a new condo/retail complex replacing the Denny’s at 15th St. and Market Ave. The board attached several conditions to the approval. The new design (above) features several changes suggested by the …
Rhapsody Partners and architect Arther Chang will be presenting their updated proposal for Market Street Landing to the Design Review Board tonight. Back in January, the board told Chang that the design for the large retail/condo complex was an improvement but still needed some work. Here’s January’s design shown from the perspective of 15th and …
Rhapsody Partners and architect Arthur Chang presented the latest proposal for Market Street Landing to the Design Review Board on Monday night. The condo-retail complex is slated for the old Denny’s site at 15th and Market. Last time Chang presented his design plans to the board, a member called it a “sprawling octopus.” This time, …
If you want to have your say in the design of the proposed condo-retail complex at the corner of 15th and Market, often called the “Gateway to Ballard,” then you can attend a public meeting at the Ballard High School library tonight (Monday) at 8 p.m. That’s when the proposed designs for Market Street Landing, …
Exclusive: Months after the controversial demolition of the landmark Denny’s building, the developer of a new condo-retail project at the 15th Ave. and Market St. site says they have no money to begin construction. “There is zero financing right now. Institutional, private, you name it, there’s none,” said Rhapsody Partners’ Katie Vance at the Ballard …
Unlike the now departed Denny’s building, there hasn’t been an outpouring of support to designate the doomed Sunset Bowl as a historic landmark. But as is customary — which we learned from the Denny’s debacle — the new owners of Sunset Bowl filed a nomination with the city’s Landmarks Preservation Board as a preemptive move …
Demolition crews leveled the old Denny’s landmark in June to make room for a condo-retail complex called “Market Street Landing,” which is still working its way through the design review process. Meanwhile, two other buildings remain on the property at the corner of 15th and Market St. Some of you have asked us when they’ll …
A couple weeks ago, we posted the possible design of the new development going into 15th and Market, the plot of land that some refer to as the “gateway to Ballard.” Some readers said the generic-looking development doesn’t reflect the uniqueness of Ballard. While I was in Fremont this weekend, I took a photo of …
Sustainable Ballard is holding a bike rack design contest, and the winner will be announced during the Ballard Seafood Fest later this month. Take a look at this entry. “This rack design serves to enshrine the memory of an old Googie icon in the new Ballard,” writes Crosscut’s Knute Berger. “Suggested location: 15th Avenue Northwest …