
Capitol Hill Housing Improvement Project
The Washington State Assemblage Centermost accession is activity to accompany new dollars to Seattle, but additionally put burden on assets downtown. (WSDOT)
["388"]The new Washington State Assemblage Centermost addition could actualize article Seattle hasn’t apparent in a continued time — affordable housing.
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Beyond the aerial cost, the activity ability additionally crave a accession to affordable accommodation aural a mile from area the added ability will be built. A 644-square-foot, one bedchamber accommodation abutting aperture to the proposed architecture area would go for $1,900 a month.
["582"]The appeal is advancing from the Community Coalition, a accumulation of nine nonprofits and adjacency associations. Alex Hudson, executive administrator of the First Hill Improvement Association, said they are advancement the City of Seattle to accede the bodies who will alive and assignment in the neighborhood, as able-bodied as the tourism dollars.
With a amount tag of $1.4 billion, the assemblage centermost expansion is one of the distinct best big-ticket in the history of Seattle. But it’s accepted to accompany in new dollars, as able-bodied as the conception of an accepted 3,900 jobs.
While a abeyant accession for the bounded economy, the activity will tax assets in the city core.
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The massive added facility will sit beyond from the Paramount Theater in Seattle, eliminating the absolute Metro Alteration center, which is belted by Olive and Howell, and Ninth and Boren Avenues.
However, the project, which could additionally accommodate an I-5 lid park, will affix pedestrians from city to Capitol Hill.
The activity angle includes a achievability abstraction for an addendum of Freeway Esplanade to awning the I-5 aisle in Seattle.
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Construction is slated to activate in 2018 with a achievement date of 2020.
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["630.5"]The WSCC has offered $5 actor for affordable accommodation as allotment of a appropriate accessible allowances amalgamation in accession to the $5 actor appropriate by this auction proposal, but that absolute of $10 actor is beneath than 20% of what Capitol Hill Accommodation accounted reasonable to account the WSCC’s impact.
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