West Seattle businesses: New details of 4480 Fauntleroy changes

More information today about the plans for 4480 Fauntleroy Way SW, where Diva Espresso, Maestro Motors, and Ace 1 Computers lost their leases and cleared out last month (Maestro and Ace 1 have moved about a block west on Fauntleroy; Diva was still looking for a new south-end location last we heard).

Shortly after we confirmed this would become the West Seattle location that Rudy’s Barbershop had been seeking for at least two years, a city document also mentioned “coffee shop,” as pointed out by commenter Jason. Today, Caffé Vita confirmed to WSB that it’s the coffee shop moving in, as part of its ongoing partnership with Rudy’s, which has led to other co-locations in multiple states. But aside from saying they’re “excited,” a company spokesperson had no other comment except that they expect to open sometime in 2015.

We did, however, find a new document added to the city’s online files for the project today, with a bit of information about the building’s new configuration: While it had been split roughly 1500 sf coffee, 900 sf “service,” 300 sf “retail,” the project’s cover sheet says it’ll be reconfigured to 2200 sf barber shop, 537 sf coffee shop. This is a remodeling project only – the one-story building is not being torn down, despite 65-foot zoning at that spot.

4 Replies to "West Seattle businesses: New details of 4480 Fauntleroy changes"

  • heather September 15, 2014 (8:30 pm)

    I wish Diva could move into the old fire station on 35th. That would be cool.

  • Chas Redmond September 16, 2014 (8:36 am)

    That was sold to a private individual several years ago.

  • villagegreen September 16, 2014 (5:00 pm)

    Wow. This great news. Feel a little bad for Diva, but their coffee wasn’t all that good. Used to travel all the way to Capitol Hill for Caffè Vita and Rudy’s. Now they’ll both be three blocks from me. Sweet!

  • Mrs. Wu September 18, 2014 (11:32 am)

    I’m glad a coffee shop is going in, but my husband and I really liked Diva’s coffee and the employees. We’ll try Vita, but also hope Diva turns up again in WS.

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