Work finally starting on long-vacant site along California

During the City Hall revenue-forecast briefing we covered yesterday, city Finance Director Dwight Dively noted some reasons for cautious economic optimism. This morning, we’ve got more proof a long-idle site along California SW — cleared in 2006, and with townhouse permits issued one year ago (WSB coverage here) — is finally about to see construction work. First, Anne from Ventana Construction (WSB sponsor) tipped us that a telltale sign (a porta-potty) had shown up at the site. Now, there’s a brand-new permit for temporary power to the site. The permits granted for the site span four addresses from 6021 to 6031 California (map), and if our math is right, they add up to 6 live-work units and 8 townhouse units. ADDED 9:36 AM: Just went by to check, and in fact, a backhoe is at work on the site right now:

bdb April 7, 2009 (7:42 am)

Have at it. Do you know how many vacant new units sit on Cal Ave today? Way too many….

CandrewB April 7, 2009 (8:02 am)

looks decent:

http://www.knolldevelopment.com/Morgan%20Junction%20Live%20Work.html

Thank the lord it is not Cobb…

Krystal April 7, 2009 (8:50 am)

Very happy to see work on a vacant site. I agree with CandrewB, Knoll buildings usually don’t make me barf! I think it looks good!

westseattleite April 7, 2009 (9:02 am)

I’ll be happy to see something here. I’m glad to see things coming along in the Morgan Junction area in general. I live in that area and I’m glad there’s some places opening up and some nice places being built.

Mr. JT April 7, 2009 (9:17 am)

I miss the old blue house and the “school bus” yellow smokeshop…

GenHillOne April 7, 2009 (9:44 am)

LOL, Mr. JT, you mean “smokeshop”? This was one of those properties that NEEDED to be bulldozed! I was just thinking of this place when reading about the abandoned Delridge properties.

miws April 7, 2009 (12:05 pm)

Now if the property owner of the former Martial Arts/Butcher Block Espresso/Butcher Shop down the street from there, on the corner, would do something with their lot that’s been vacant for six plus months.

I just walked up to the Junction and back, and saw that the front of ex-Corner Inn/soon to be Zeek’s, is totally opened up at this stage of their remodel.

Kinda interesting, that there’s a couple of large openings, that I didn’t perceive in it’s previous incarnation, that make it appear the building may have been an auto repair shop/garage oh so many years ago. :)

Mike