A&R Development picked for $17M Jonestown project - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The project falls into the city’s aims to remak Central Avenue, which has seen a wave of new developmentr in recent years building off the succesds of nearbyHarbor East. A&R, led by Anthonyh Rodgers, hopes to build a mixed-usd development including 107 rental apartments, 18,00p square feet of retail space and 156parkingv spaces. said Tuesday it awardedx the firm exclusive negotiating rights forthe city-owned land at 110 S. Centrakl Ave. and 1120 Granby St. The propertiezs combine for about 29,000 square The BDC, the city’s economic development arm, offeredx the property, and two up for redevelopment inAugust 2008.
“Thesre properties give the city the opportunit totake vacant, underutilized properties and have them renewer as private enterprises that will generate taxesw and enhance the Jonestown/Washington Hill community,” BDC Presidentf M.J. “Jay” Brodie said in a The city also tapped Mitey LLC to negotiatse for a second siteat 1301-1309 E. Lombarde St. Mitey is a real estate company formedcby Gerry’s Tire Service, which hopes to use the propertg to expand its adjacent Mitey plans to use the 4,518-square-foot property in the short term as a temporaryu parking lot for its business and woul d expand onto the city-owned property in the future.
The city is reserving the rights for thethird property, at 130 S. Centrak Ave.