As we were driving home via Bridge Way the other day, my son shouted “LOOK!” so loud from the backseat, I thought I might’ve hit something. But we stopped at the light on Bridge Way at Stone Way and he was pointing to the Stoneway Village construction site across the street, marveling over the fact that there was an actual structure at street level.
Whether you live close by and have seen the progress in action, or you’re just looking at it for the first time in a few weeks, you can definitely see that the construction has come a long way. Here’s an update from the management folks for Stoneway Village:
As you can see we have been very busy and the site is ever-changing, and the most obvious construction progress is the start of framing. Numerous meetings and communication with Seattle Dept. of Planning/Development has gotten us to this stage with issuance of various permits and sign-offs. The framing schedule is complicated in that the building has several pieces to put together at the parking and retail levels. Today the framing has reached past those pieces and we are now at the residential level, and the building will start to go up quickly. We are now able to walk the full length of the building, north to south, as all of the major concrete work is complete.
There will be some utility work starting that will cause some interruption on Stone Way N. The contractor is doing a good job of keeping everyone on the e-mail list informed in advance any major interruptions. If there are other neighbors that would like to be contacted directly regarding street closures or interruptions, please let us know. Contact Erica via email @ [email protected] . As always, we try to keep those interested, notified of street closure information and schedules. Please let us know if you would like to be added to the list.
We are getting ready to introduce our new name for the project and are excited about launching some new signage and leasing information in the Fall. Our new website will have a registration page for those interested in receiving leasing news and updates.
Nothing new to report on the leasing of retail space, although we continue to communicate with a variety of interested tenants. The commercial space is listed by Tiffini Connell, West Coast Commercial Realty, 206-283-5212, [email protected]
Check out our latest set of photos we’ve added to the Flikr page, courtesy of Stoneway Village. If you’re having trouble viewing the photos from the slideshow below, just click on this link to take you to the page. You’ve gotta go take a look at the first photo in the set as it was taken at a height on the crane that was measured to be the approximate height of the top of the building. What a gorgeous view!
I am glad they let the neighbors know that the road will be closed every day.
a couple of weeks back they even left it closed overnight for no apparent reason.
Where will all the cars enter and exit this new building? N39th? It seems like it will be a big mess unless they add another light.
I believe that 39th will be the entry point. It will be completely fubar.
All those drawing are so pretty. Too bad they only exist for the tiny southend of the project. It just so’s how bad our planning dept works and how little developers think of neigborhoods. Those concrete pillars already so how “neighborly” this builidng is. Everytime I visit the West End of Vancouver, I wonder why they could build such a liviable community and we cannot. This building has way too much mass for the site. It’s going to be the bully of the area. No light for the neighbors. Taking the building right up to the sidewalk with no setbacks means there’s no real pedestrian/building relationship. No place for greenery to soften the mass that will of course be covered in those faux stucco panels that have forced many a condo/development to be covered like a Christo project for months to fix the leaking and poor installation.
Would it have been so hard to have a few feet off the sidewalk or to set upper floors back so they would have courtyards? I could have well imagined a wedding cake building with each layer having courtyards rather than tiny balconies. I wonder why it is so hard to build something Wallingford could be proud of. Oh wait, I know. The developers don’t live here. Money is more important than good design. Finally, Seattle Planning has never met an ugly building it didn’t like.
I agree with Isme. This is not looking good so far.
Are they really building the apartments in wood frame with no concrete? So basically, everyone will know everything that their neighbors are doing? Wouldn’t want to live there. Or am I missing something?
Isme said it well. We’ll be walking around the completed project sideways with hunched and worried shoulders, especially if the bus stop remains in front. We all know examples. Like the Safeway on 15th on Capitol Hill or our own QFC which spills shoppers out onto the parking lot. Then you gotta look at some of the ongoing developments in South Lake Union. Replacing varied and interesting places with gargantuan pseudoindustrial mostly single room condoish buildings that abut the sidewalk and offer the walker/neighbor no relief, interest, or respite. Some years ago a city council member from Vancouver, BC, explained that their city had made a committment to provide at least five ways for everyone to get somewhere from anywhere in the city without a car and make it reasonable and safe for children and older folks. I don’t know if that helped with building setbacks, but it sure put safety and pedestrians at the forefront.