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Submitted by OlyDowntowner on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 2:03pm.
My girlfriend and I were down by the fountain, enjoying the views of the Capitol, and we noticed that the "mistake" is having something major going on. There's some kind of wooden chute built all the way down it like an elevator shaft, and they're throwing all kinds of acoustic tiles down into dumpsters. The place was a mess! There was all kinds of trash and debris sitting on the pavement, not that far from where kids were playing. We wondered what was going on, then I saw a letter in support of the isthmus rezone on the Friends of the Waterfront's website, written by Scott Shapiro, who owns property in Olympia and lives in Seattle. He seems to operate under a couple of business names: Eagle Rock Ventures and the Views on Fifth, and he writes "we are currently redeveloping the Capitol Center Building, The Views On Fifth Avenue, as a mixed-used building with nearly 40 condominiums." I guess this means that somebody's going to try again to get it right. I find it hard to believe that anyone could create appealing condominiums there, and even harder to believe that anyone would want to live in such an ugly building. One thing is for sure: nothing can make it worse.
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well, i guess that's one more reason to boycott bayview.
Submitted by DSnyder on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 3:45pm.Umm
Submitted by security_six on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 4:05pm.That work has been going on for at least a month I can think of. And what does Bayview have to do with a remodel of another building?
Some even call me mad! And why? Because I dared to dream …of my own race of atomic monsters! Atomic supermen with octagonal-shaped bodies that suck blood out of...--Professor FarnsworthPerhaps it's their letter of support for the project
Submitted by Guglielmo on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 4:16pm.Ahh
Submitted by security_six on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 4:33pm.Didn't catch that link. Thanks.
Some even call me mad! And why? Because I dared to dream …of my own race of atomic monsters! Atomic supermen with octagonal-shaped bodies that suck blood out of...--Professor FarnsworthI'm here for ya Steve...
Submitted by Guglielmo on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 5:14pm.I'd like
Submitted by security_six on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 5:17pm.A bacon cheeseburger, beer and onion rings then please.
Some even call me mad! And why? Because I dared to dream …of my own race of atomic monsters! Atomic supermen with octagonal-shaped bodies that suck blood out of...--Professor FarnsworthFYI
Submitted by Nicki on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 7:55pm.Remodeling the Capitol Center Building
Submitted by Thad Curtz on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 10:05pm.The Friends of the Waterfront website has a page with links to the news articles about the isthmus for the last couple of years - several cover this story, if you want to know more.
Basically, the building was built as a bank in 1965, had been occupied by Department of Corrections for the past twenty years, and was bought by Seattle developer Jim Potter in 1965 for 11.9 million. In January 2007, Potter announced plans to remodel it as high-end condos, offices and storefronts, and rename it "The Views on Fifth Avenue." (The rent of $95,000 a month was ending in February.)
His company submitted building plans in September, and their spokesperson said, "that means we're going to build it" - eight floors of thirty-six condos with estimated prices of $600K to $ 1 million, and commercial space on the ground floor.
Five months later, on January 17th, they announced they'd changed their plans, and were going to remodel the building as a possible home for state offices, with possible commercial space on the ground floor.
This was Potter's second possible condo project in Olympia; in 2006 he negotiated with the city about building up to 100 condos on a lot the city owned on the corner of Fourth and Columbia, but didn't go through with it.
Potter?
Submitted by OlyDowntowner on Mon, 05/26/2008 - 10:13am.Does this mean that it's not
Submitted by rainy gray on Mon, 05/26/2008 - 11:25am.