Boom Pinehurst Update
posted by on February 1 at 12:19 PM
125th and Roosevelt
According the Department of Planning and Development’s semi-weekly bulletin, Kohary development is still going forward with part of demolition application process for an apartment building in North Seattle’s Pinehurst neighborhood, on 125th and Roosevelt Way NE.
My story in this week’s paper addressed neighbors’ concerns about the possibility of another Kohary development in the neighborhood. A number of Pinehurst residents have complained about the lack of communication with the developer, as well as the aesthetics of Kohary’s previous project on 123rd and 10th Pl NE, which one neighbor described as “uninspired” and “crammed together.”
Earlier this week, I spoke with Kohary Construction’s owner, Miklos Kohary, and he told me he was holding off on a planned townhouse development on Roosevelt, still listed as a “future project” on the company’s website.
Well, somebody at the City’s Department of Planning and Development (DPD) saw my story, and called Kohary to find out what his plans were. Apparently, DPD has a policy of contacting developers when they make public statements that seem to conflict with plans and applications already on file.
According to DPD Spokesman Alan Justad “Kohary is planning to proceed with the [environmental review] for the demolition of the [apartments], but it is not proceeding with building applications at this time.”
It’s still unclear what Kohary plans to do with the site. They could be planning to build soon, or they could just be preparing to sell the lot in the future. However, the building manager’s answering machine says there are “no vacancies” and there will be
“no upcoming vacancies” in the building.
I live in that neighborhood, and its time to drop the wrecking ball on that entire corner. There really shouldn't be any controversy about it - all those buildings are falling down. Good riddance.
Seattle housing market go boom!?
wbrproductions: Do you want more Koahary slums around you like the one at 123rd and 10th Place? Come on, you have to be kidding. Or - are you really Miklos Kohary reading the SLOG and trying to make yourself look good. No one I have met in the neighborhood wants any more Kohary Slumtownhouses. A good developer, yes. Kohary, no.
I hate to disagree, but the reason the DPD asked Kohary about his plans was because I had gone down to the DPD office the day after the "Notice of Land Change" signs went up outside my apartment building. This was around January 19. I spoke with a young woman who didn't realize that Kohary had the signs up. She said they would be contacting Kohary about his "plans." Meanwhile, we decided to go ahead and move out rather than wait for Kohary. I am very concerned about the continuing lose of affordable housing in the town. By the way, there is a group of townhouses across the street from us that are still mostly unsold.
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