AUGUST 2018
Madison Park Times
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Midtown Center redevelopment needs more work Review board urges design changes that reflect Central District roots at 23rd and Union By Brandon Macz
Madison Park Times editor Facing pressure from the Central District residents who will ultimately have to live with it, the East Design Review Board on Wednesday night declined to move forward plans for the Midtown Center redevelopment. “23rd and Union is arguably the most important corner in the Central District,” said EDRB chair Andrew Haas. Lake Union Partners is the second developer in as many years to attempt to raze the 2.4-acre Midtown Center site and put
in a major new development. Unlike its predecessors, Lennar Multifamily Communities and Regency Centers, which ended its business with then-owners the Bangasser family after a rough review from the EDRB in early 2017, LUP committed to the project when it purchased the property for $23.5 million several months later. LUP owns two of the other corners of 23rd and Union, and has developed its The Central and East Union buildings there. Lake Union Partners and architecture firm Weinstein A+U came before the EDRB on July 18 seeking a recom-
Image courtesy of Weinstein A+U The EDRB directed Lake Union Partners to work more closely with the community on a revised design for the Midtown Center development on Wednesday, July 18. mendation to proceed with permitting for the project, which includes 429 residential units across three buildings, a 16,000-square-foot central square, and a 12,000-square-foot drug store. The drug store is expected to generate enough revenue that Lake Union Partners can provide smaller retail spaces to black
business owners at below-market rates. LUP principal Patrick Foley mentioned that the project will include 240-250 affordable housing units at income levels between $28,000 and $60,000 a year. That figure includes a second development on MIDTOWN, Page 8
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