DEMOLITION: 4501 35th SW finally comes down
Thanks for the tip! Teardown is under way at 4501 35th SW, home to small vacant buildings hit by fires in the past few years. We wrote about it in 2023, when then-owners the Sweeney family were testing the waters with a plan for a small office building. Reached today, family spokesperson Lynn Sweeney said they sold the site last year to the owners of the Fairway Apartments next door, but she was glad to see the demolition because the site has “been such a nuisance for the neighborhood.” We’re hoping to reach the current owners to ask about their plans for the site, which is 2,400 square feet, zoned for mixed-use development up to 7 stories.
Isn’t it 4832 being torn down? That massive tree was first to go a few days ago…
That’s a different site a few blocks away; someone mentioned it to me but I’ve never covered it so hadn’t researched it yet.
Ah! Thanks.
City data show 4501 35th as a substandard parcel with ECA Steep Slope and a 2021 100% tree canopy report might be a challenge to develop.
Fasten your seat belts.
Nah, they’ll develop it. Our neighbor is developing his property with both of those things and still got his permit. We even asked the city about both of those things (which we thought would also limit development) and they didn’t seem to care or want to change the permits. Construction has begun.
Considering the adjacent apartment building owns this parcel now I wonder if they plan on knocking down the existing apartment complex and building a new complex expanding also into this parcel.