Groundbreaking Ceremony for Cascade Senior Housing

Cascade Senior Housing, 50 units of green and affordable senior housing units in South Lake Union's Cascade neighborhood, will be having a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday July 17, 10:00am at Minor and Republican.

Come celebrate with Seattle Councilmember Jan Drago, Doris Koo of Enterprise, Adrienne Quinn of Seattle’s Office of Housing, Renee Greenman of HUD and others! Cascade Senior Housing will feature 50 units for seniors in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood.

Cascade Senior Housing is funded through an innovative approach of combining HUD 202 senior housing funds with 9% tax credits. The building will be built to green standards and will feature a green roof. The rooftop will provide open space, a p-patch for residents, and a spot to enjoy the breathtaking views of South Lake Union. LIHI is delighted to provide affordable senior housing in one of the most attractive, livable, and walk-able neighborhoods in Seattle.

Cascade Senior Housing

Developer: Enterprise Communities
Architect: Runberg Architecture Group
Contractor: Synergy Construction

Cascade Senior Housing will feature 50 units for seniors in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood...
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Kinects

1200 Stewart's 400' twin-towers are getting a neighbor: a 40-story, 340 unit apartment tower dubbed Kinects slated for Minor Ave between Stewart and Howell streets.

Plans call for about 6,000 square feet of ground-floor restaurant and retail space, a rooftop lap pool, deck and lounge, and a total of 325 aboveground and underground parking stalls. Some units would be earmarked for low- and moderate-income renters.

Seattle DPD has approved the project, and the developer, Securities Properties – the same ones behind Fremont's Epi and Ballard on the Park (under construction) – say they've obtained financing for the project and will break ground either late this year or early next year.

Seen in the Seattle Times.

Vulcan Opens New Affordable Housing Development

Vulcan's Borealis Apartments

Vulcan's Borealis Apartments are now complete and ready for move-in. At the corner of Denny and the entrance to Aurora, this building will see more people in cars pass by in a day than the S.L.U.T. carries in a year¹.

The 33,000 sq. ft., six-story Built Green building includes 53 apartments with rents affordable to those making 80 percent of median income, and is a great example of the sort of workforce housing downtown Seattle needs more of. Here's a few excerpts from Vulcan's press release:

“Projects such as Borealis are an important part of the City’s strategy to create more housing that is affordable to all income levels in South Lake Union and throughout Seattle,” said Adrienne Quinn, director of the City of Seattle Office of Housing. “These types of workforce housing projects help provide homes for Seattle workers who may not qualify for the city’s subsidy programs but still have difficulty finding affordable, market-rate housing in the city.”

As an environmentally friendly development, Borealis Apartments is designed to qualify for three-star Built Green certification from the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, and is also participating in Seattle City Light’s Built Smart program. Sustainable features include low-flow fixtures, Energy Star appliances, low VOC finishes, increased natural daylight, green screens and bike storage lockers.

Borealis is located three blocks away from the Seattle Streetcar line, Whole Foods Market and across the street from Denny Park, which is undergoing a renovation this year that will include a new children’s play area and other improvements. The location also provides views of the Space Needle and downtown skyline from many of the apartments.

This project fulfills a commitment Vulcan made to the city of Seattle to build 50 units of workforce housing as part of a land purchase Vulcan made from the city in 2001. Runberg Architecture Group is the architect and W.G. Clark Construction is the general contractor for Borealis Apartments.

¹Completely made this up, based on no statistics whatsoever.

South Lake Union MMA

If you get inspired while watching tonight's welterweight championship match between Matt Serra and Georges St-Pierre, Ivan Salaverry's (12-5-1) mixed martial arts studio is your best bet in South Lake Union to prepare for the octagon.


The studio is on the first floor of the Denny Park Apartments, on 8th & John. Large pane windows allow the curious onlooker to witness the grappling action, so check it out if you're in the area.