City gives Avalon Ballard official approval

Avalon Ballard, the 233-unit apartment complex replacing Sunset Bowl, received its final clearance today from the City of Seattle.

Avalon Ballard at Market St. and 14th Ave. won design approval in April. Today, the city officially signed off on the design and concluded the project will not have any negative environmental impact (see .pdf document).

We noticed one small change from the previous design documents: the pattern on the west wall looks like this, instead of the previously-submitted checkerboard design. No word on when the Sunset will be demolished.