Public comment period for Parkwood Shoreline III Apartments now open
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
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| A map from SEPA review documents shows the Shoreline III site. |
By Oliver Moffat
Developers building an apartment along in the southeast corner of the Parkwood neighborhood on 147th street have posted site plans for review and the public comment period is open now until January 19th.
Named the Shoreline III, the apartment building will replace eight single family homes with 360 homes and include affordable homes and retail space. The building will be built between 1st Ave and I-5 and stand south of the Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church (SUUC) and Philippi Presbyterian Church.
It will be one block away from the planned pedestrian bridge across I-5 to the 148th Light Rail Station.
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| Logs from removed trees on the future site of the Shoreline III apartment building Photo by Oliver Moffat |
The plan calls for an 8-story apartment building with 360 units to house about 684 residents. According to the plan, 20% of the homes (72 total) will be affordable to people earning less than 70% of Shoreline’s median income.
There will be roughly 3,000 square feet of retail space, 268 parking spaces, and a breezeway running north through the middle of the building. Renderings of the building are available on the developer’s website.
Previously, the block had eight single family homes - all of which will be demolished. 28 significant (large) trees have already been removed.
Previously, the block had eight single family homes - all of which will be demolished. 28 significant (large) trees have already been removed.
According to the Landscape Plan and confirmed by the City Manager’s office, the developers do not need a permit to remove trees and are not required to replace the trees because the site is zoned MUR-70 and is not in a critical area. More details on Shoreline’s tree regulations are available on the city’s website.
The developer is the Evergreen Point Group, who previously built the Träd apartments in Shoreline’s North City neighborhood and are currently building the Line apartments on 145th Street and 1st Avenue also south of SUUC.
Our region faces a housing affordability crisis with more than 53,000 people experiencing homelessness each year. According to the King County Council, to solve the housing crisis, Shoreline must build more than 13,000 new homes by 2044 - with more than two-thirds of those homes affordable to people making less than the region’s median income.
To help address this demand, the city of Shoreline rezoned the neighborhoods near the 145th street light rail station to encourage high-density, affordable, transit-oriented housing.
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| The Evergreen Point Group’s rendering of the Shoreline III apartment complex. |
The developer is the Evergreen Point Group, who previously built the Träd apartments in Shoreline’s North City neighborhood and are currently building the Line apartments on 145th Street and 1st Avenue also south of SUUC.
Scheduled to open in 2024, the Line apartments will have 241 homes of which 20% (48 total) will be affordable to people earning less than 70% of Shoreline’s median income. The Line will include more than 1,900 square feet of ground floor retail space and a Woonerf (pedestrian friendly road) will run through the property.
The state environmental protection act (SEPA) requires projects such as the Shoreline III to seek public comments because of the size and scope of the development. The SEPA public comments allow neighbors to review plans and comment on concerns about the environmental impact of developments. More details on the project and information on how to comment is available on Shoreline’s website.
The state environmental protection act (SEPA) requires projects such as the Shoreline III to seek public comments because of the size and scope of the development. The SEPA public comments allow neighbors to review plans and comment on concerns about the environmental impact of developments. More details on the project and information on how to comment is available on Shoreline’s website.
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And so, in light of this development, perhaps Richmond Beach residents should count their blessings for the proposed 6 floor retirement community next to QFC.
A note about affordable units - it's not uncommon for the managers of the buildings to be unaware of the regulations- I have friends who have had to investigate and negotiate on their own behalf to rent an apartment that is supposed to be in the "affordable" percentage in the building. As far as I am aware there is no public entity in Shoreline (or possibly elsewhere) that monitors compliance after the buildings are opened for occupancy.
My understanding is Qfc/Kroger sold the property as part if the FTC conditions on the wanted merge with Albertson Safeway and will be developed.
More Soviet style yet hugely expensive block housing actually unaffordable to the '53,000 people experiencing homelessness..." (yet a little discount for 72 of them) and a large profit for the few. How many of these developers would themselves live in these 'homes'? How many of these eyesores will be at capacity? Shoreline is being ruined.
Not a retirement community but an assisted living facility which might house any person older or younger who needs assistance with activities of daily living such as eating, bathing, etc.
Sad.
Let's bump it a bit. Developers so often come into a area to build but are to totally ignore the impacts of thier construction.
Very exciting!
Someone should start a pool for the person who picks the date closest to the first shooting over a parking place. 92 more units than parking spots.
There are subsidies available for those who have little monies. If the affordable prices don't meet needs; check into subsidies through DSHS or other helpful sources.
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