‘The Pit’ development gets green light

By Geeky Swedes · November 29th, 2008 · 6 Comments

The city’s planning department has given the preliminary go-ahead for Prescott Development to build a five-story apartment building at “The Pit,” the ugly empty lot that used to be home to Safeway at Stone Way and 39th.

Prescott is finalizing the purchase of the land from QFC, which backed out it its plans to develop the lot over rising costs. The new development calls for 150-units of apartments, underground parking and street-level retail.

Here’s an earlier sketch of the project.

6 responses so far ↓

1 vanderleun // Nov 29, 2008 at 3:31 pm

More crappy apartments nobody will buy.
2 martin // Nov 29, 2008 at 5:06 pm

vanderleun, apartments are for rent. You shoulda bought it and turned it into a dog park. i need a place for my dog to crap. that would have made good business sense for you.
3 eM // Nov 29, 2008 at 10:49 pm

I live a block away. I prefer the pit
4 ding // Nov 30, 2008 at 11:12 am

i just hope they enforce the RPZ while there is construction.
5 lauram // Dec 1, 2008 at 11:40 pm

How is it that stores just don’t seem to be able to make a go of it these days, what w/the Whole Foods back out at Interbay and then this?
6 martin // Dec 2, 2008 at 1:14 pm

Lauram, it might have something with taxes, regulation and litagation. money needs to be collected for taxes, to help pay for the knuckle head life styles of the ignorant bloggers above.