DEVELOPMENT: Demolition starts at 4754 Fauntleroy, ex-pawn shop & future Foundry

1:09 PM: Thanks to Brian for the tip – demolition has begun at 4754 Fauntleroy SW, where the Capitol Loans pawn shop closed a year and a half ago, and where construction is expected to last the next year and a half for The Foundry. After the telltale No Parking signs went up last week, we sent a note to developer Holland Partner Group; no reply yet, but a notice sent by its construction company to some nearby businesses and residents says demolition is expected to last through November 17th, and that the project includes “108 residential units with 10 live/work units on 8 levels with amenity spaces throughout and parking for approximately 100 vehicles will be provided below grade …” That’s the same scope as it had when finishing the Design Review Board process back in April.


(Edmunds side of The Foundry – rendering by Mithun)

This is the third of three redeveloping corners of Fauntleroy/Edmunds, after The Whittaker (WSB sponsor) on the NW corner and the under-construction LIV Fauntleroy on the SW corner. The Foundry’s site is also immediately south of the two-building, 300+-unit Legacy Partners project at 4722 Fauntleroy SW that’s still in the Design Review process.

3:17 PM The building is down now – and there’s a bit of trouble – a leaning streetlight along Fauntleroy. Outside NB lane was blocked by police when we went by. Will check again in a bit.

4:56 PM: Added a photo from Brian above this line – City Light has been on site a while working on the streetlight. We just went through again a short time ago, and noted that traffic is getting through.

4 Replies to "DEVELOPMENT: Demolition starts at 4754 Fauntleroy, ex-pawn shop & future Foundry"

  • RJ November 6, 2017 (2:35 pm)

    The development in WS is extraordinary.  

  • ScubaFrog November 7, 2017 (4:31 am)

    RJ I dare say so.  I was just going to write that I don’t recognize much of West Seattle anymore.  That goes for the rest of the city, naturally.

  • mark47n November 7, 2017 (5:10 am)

    I don’t get the name. Is this in relation to all of the old casting and metal working businesses that used to be in the area? Are they going to complain about industrial nose? Oh, wait, despite the cool industrial sounding name there won’t be any industrial noise anywhere nearby. I’d wager that none of the future residents are familiar with industrial anything although they are happy to consume industrial output while complaining about mills and factories.

  • Chris November 8, 2017 (10:26 am)

    Looks to be a vast improvement over the empty former car lot and a pawn shop.  Nice.

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