West Seattle development: Westwood apartments; Alki projects; 36th SW microhousing update

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Four projects in this roundup of West Seattle development notes:

WESTWOOD APARTMENTS: A preliminary “site plan” has just been filed for a proposed 32-apartment, no-offstreet-parking building on a vacant triangle of land at 2221 SW Barton Place, southeast of Westwood Village. Notes in the city’s online files say the project would require Design Review.

ALKI TEARDOWNS: Three century-old beach bungalows have just been demolished on a site long planned for redevelopment in the 3000 block of 63rd SW in Alki, just across the south-side alley from the commercial building that is home to Cassis (WSB sponsor), Cactus, and Alki Urban Market.

An earlier proposal for the site passed Administrative Design Review more than six years ago. Six townhouses and one single-family house are to be built.

1307 HARBOR PROJECT FILES APPLICATION: This is the site that includes the former Alki Tavern, now closed for almost 2 1/2 years. The mixed-use proposal went through the first stage of Design Review in spring 2014; though no date is set, its next Design Review is getting closer, as city files show the developers have applied for their master-use permit. The project is now described as including 15 residential units, fewer than the original proposal.

4122 36TH SW MICROHOUSING FOLLOWUP: When we first reported last month on this proposal to replace a triplex with a microhousing building, the proposal didn’t specify a number of units. Now it does – approximately 24.

Norse god August 18, 2015 (7:24 pm)

All of the density with none of the transit or services is the worst of all worlds.

AmandaKH August 18, 2015 (8:41 pm)

What vacant triangle of land at 22nd and Barton Place? The CSO building?

WSB August 18, 2015 (9:16 pm)

It’s vacant according to the King County Assessor’s website. There’s a fourplex to the south. Put 2221 SW Barton Place into the Parcel Viewer and you’ll see the outline – this is the infopage: http://info.kingcounty.gov/Assessor/eRealProperty/Detail.aspx?ParcelNbr=4365700575 – it’s across from the CSO facility, according to the Parcel Viewer (that’s on the northish side of the street, this is on the south) – TR

chelle August 18, 2015 (9:09 pm)

More apartments with no parking and no mass transit. :(

AmandaKH August 18, 2015 (9:35 pm)

Wow, thanks TR – that’s 7100sf with 32 units? I’ll be at the review meetings for that!
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Chelle – This is very close to the Westwood “Transit Hub” – so this is actually a good use of vacant land – IMO.

aa August 18, 2015 (9:44 pm)

24 units- I’m not angry, just sad. I’ve lived on that street for many years and parking is so difficult already I can’t imagine what it will be like after the shoeboxes are built. Hope they like the stank of garlic.

And generally I think the rat finks who build these tiny boxes should have to live in them. Keeping my language clean out of respect but I’d really like to make this post more ‘colorful’, ok maybe I’m sad and mad.

Ebisu August 18, 2015 (9:50 pm)

@norsegod@chelle – no mass transit? Several bus lines serve this neighborhood. Not to mention one of the sweetest bike routes in Seattle. Chill out!

JanS August 18, 2015 (11:46 pm)

aa..agreed….they should have to live there with no car for at least a year…

JayDee August 19, 2015 (8:48 am)

If we are talking Alki, there is relatively no transit service–the 56 and 37 stop running at 9:30 or so, and only the 50 and the WT shuttle provide intermittent service during the day, and the WT shuttle doesn’t run in late fall/winter.

AmandaKH August 19, 2015 (10:55 am)

The Alki project will have parking underground from the last design review that TR linked to. So I think the comments here about no parking are directed towards the Westwood project. But keep in mind that the “transit hub” has 6 different lines going to it – 3 with very regular and late night service. If this will be the new normal for the Westwood area, I would like to see impact fees collected on new TOD projects to help with making it a true “transit hub” and just the bus layover spot it is now.

Mark schletty August 19, 2015 (12:08 pm)

Lisa herbold and shannon braddock—- please comment on your positions on these no parking developments. My vote is going to heavily depend on your positions on these developments, and on other high density proposals. Thank you.

Urbanista August 19, 2015 (12:55 pm)

Mark,
Judging from your history posting here, I don’t think you will find either of these pragmatic candidates will give the answer you and so many other WSB posters want. All of the bury our head in the ground, fight development and discourage newcomers, excess required parking proponents have been eliminated.
The two remaining candidates realize that we can’t continue as we have and hopefully are ready to make some tough decisions…we need to address too many cars and our reliance on them and accommodate newcomers as well as those who work here.