Updated: It appears that the ownership has changed in name, not in governance. According to the Washington Secretary of State records, the business license for the Olympic Racquet and Health Club will expire on May 31, 2012. Another business at the same address (5301 NW Leary) named Sewanee, Inc filed as a business on May […]
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A look at the new Hotel Ballard
With 16 newly-refinished rooms, a gorgeous lobby and the elegant charm of the early 1900’s, Hotel Ballard (5300 Ballard Ave NW) is officially open. The hotel is owned by the same people who own the Olympic Athletic Club and Mark Durall, the club’s manager, also worked as project manager for the hotel restoration. The medallion […]
Attorney drops appeal of Ballard Avenue hotel
The Ballard Avenue attorney has dropped the appeal to stop the construction of the hotel proposed by the Olympic Athletic Club at 5214 Ballard Ave NW. Michael Kahrs filed the appeal because of increased traffic the proposed hotel would bring. In the appeal he writes, “Traffic: 20th Ave. NW between Ballard Ave. NW and Leary […]
Neighbor of proposed hotel files appeal
The proposed hotel on Ballard Avenue has hit a speed bump. The Department of Planning and Development decision regarding the Olympic Athletic Club expansion and hotel has been appealed by a neighboring business owner. The plans call for a four-story building to replace the parking garage used by Olympic Athletic Club at 5214 Ballard Ave […]
Permits granted for proposed hotel on Ballard Ave
The owners of the Olympic Athletic Club have received the conditional use permit for the hotel they’re proposing on Ballard Avenue. “They don’t allow hotels outright in this zone,” Bryan Stevens with the Department of Planning and Development tells us, which meant when the owners changed their plans from an apartment building to a hotel, […]
Olympic Athletic Club plans to expand, add hotel
The one-story garage that is currently used for parking by Olympic Athletic Club (OAC) members may soon be torn down. A Land Use Application has been submitted to demolish the 6,300 square foot garage and replace it with a four-story building. The new building will include 29 hotel rooms, an expanded OAC, 2,650 square feet […]
Starlight Hotel being refurbished
You may have noticed all the scaffolding around the The Starlight Hotel at 5300 Ballard Ave NW. Workers are refurbishing the building. The owners of Olympic Athletic Club have purchased the old Bank Building, and they plan to improve the interior and exterior. “Currently, we are restoring the exterior of the building, which should be […]
Ballard Ave. hotel project on hold
A $14 million project to redevelop the Olympic Athletic Club and build a 4-story hotel next door is on hold, reports the Ballard News Tribune. The owners ran into financing issues due to the mortgage crisis, but they plan to sell their multi-million dollar home and start construction within six months.
Historic sign stolen from Olympic Athletic Club
You know that old, rusted arrow with the burned out bulbs that hung next to the Olympic Athletic Club on Ballard Avenue? Someone ripped it off, said Mark Durall, the club’s general manager. “It was 50 years old, and that’s what really irks me,” Durall said. “Whoever did this had to have a ladder and […]
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