DEVELOPMENT: 3010 SW Avalon Way apartments set for Southwest Design Review Board’s first meeting since 2023

(Rendering by Studio 19 Architects)

Five years have passed since we first told you about an apartment building planned for 3010 SW Avalon Way [map]. Three years ago, the proposal passed the first stage of Design Review. Now it’s set for a second and potentially final review, at what will be the Southwest Design Review Board‘s first meeting in more than a year (they last had a project to review in 2023 – much Design Review is now done by city staff, without public meetings). The 3010 Avalon project is currently described as eight stories, 86 units, 84 bike-parking stalls – that’s from the latest design proposal, which the city’s meeting page says is “not available” but which we found buried in the online files – see it here. The meeting is set for 5 pm February 6th, online; commenting and attendance info will be here at least a week in advance.

16 Replies to "DEVELOPMENT: 3010 SW Avalon Way apartments set for Southwest Design Review Board's first meeting since 2023"

  • Kalo January 13, 2025 (4:27 pm)

    And, no off street parking? 

    • WSB January 13, 2025 (5:07 pm)

      While the city ledger suggests ‘four spaces,’ the design packet does not mention vehicle parking, nor show it.

      • Just another WS-ite January 13, 2025 (6:29 pm)

        From the packet 

        • WSB January 13, 2025 (6:31 pm)

          That doesn’t refer to whether there is or isn’t parking. Just that none is required. I don’t know where the city got the “four spaces” listed on the meeting page, probably an earlier iteration, but that’s why I always track down the packet to quote the newer details.

    • walkerws January 14, 2025 (9:03 am)

      Hopefully not, beyond a few for ADA parking. It’s right by future light rail and current bus transit. Parking would drive up the cost unnecessarily. We need to start acting like a real city.

  • Michael Waldo January 13, 2025 (4:43 pm)

    “Three years ago, the proposal passed the first stage of Design Review. Now it’s set for a second”It took three yeas for the second review? No wonder developers aren’t building my housing. We need to speed up this process so we can get more housing in West Seattle. This is just crazy.

    • WSB January 13, 2025 (5:07 pm)

      The process usually moves faster. Among other things, there was a pandemic in the middle of that. And how fast you get from phase 1 to phase 2 often depends on when the developer is ready (or not). And as I mentioned, almost nothing is going through this level of review any more anyway. In the boom-build early ’10s, the boards usually had full slates – two project reviews per meeting, two meetings per month.

  • West Marge January 13, 2025 (5:43 pm)

    does it get torn down for light rail?

    • Joe Z January 13, 2025 (7:40 pm)

      No. The building to the right of it does though (the white one). 

  • Mike January 13, 2025 (7:12 pm)

    Another box.  Expected life?  

    • k January 13, 2025 (7:48 pm)

      Well, all of the war boxes from the 1940s are still standing, so if being called a “box” by your neighbors is any indication, I’d expect them to last for a good long while.

      • Km January 14, 2025 (12:04 am)

        Give the complainers what they want—triangle shaped homes with a roof like the MoPop!!

    • John January 14, 2025 (6:47 am)

      Expected life? 

      K’s true comment anticipated mine.


      Such ignorance is remarkable and matched by such snarkiness.

  • Benjamin January 13, 2025 (8:19 pm)

    Ok. Cool.any news on 3025? What is the deal with that site? 

  • Derek January 14, 2025 (9:39 am)

    Looks fine to me. Build it. As long as it doesn’t impede with light rail.

  • Mcat January 14, 2025 (12:36 pm)

    Are there any updates on the Golden Tee development site on Fauntleroy ?!

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