Slog - Comments on Church to Become Condos? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos 13th and Olive The Medhane Alem Evangelical Ethiopian Church, just a few blocks away from Cal Anderson Park, has been sold. The sign in front of the church advertises the space as a great location to build condos and townhomes, and that's just what might be coming to the neighborhood. It's unclear who purchased the 19,000 square foot property, which is valued at about $1.25 million by the King County Assessor's Office. The real estate agent handling the sale would not divulge who purchased the property, but he did say papers were just signed yesterday. According to Ed Park—who... Copyright 2008 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:51:06 -0800 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:50:28 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by JMR Replacing a church - finally a condo project the Slog can get behind, no matter how "unaffordable" the condos are.

]]> JMR http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1000850 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1000850 City Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:03:16 -0800 Comment by Ryan on Summit @1 - How long have you been a member of the Evangelical Ethiopian Church?

]]> Ryan on Summit http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1000857 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1000857 City Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:08:35 -0800 Comment by me I lived next to that church for 3 years. It's located in a quiet, residential portion of Capitol Hill. (They were great neighbors.) Condos would fit right in. The neighborhood is a mix of buildings and homes. With three churches on that block, parking was easy. I guess all good things come to an end, though and I think that's the right thing to put there.

I just hope they make it sort of brick-looking to match the building next door.

]]> me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1000914 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1000914 City Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:39:01 -0800 Comment by fnord Mars Hill bought it.

]]> fnord http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1000916 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1000916 City Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:39:33 -0800 Comment by JMR Can't we figure out something better to do with these churches - like putting supercomputers in them.

]]> JMR http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1000925 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1000925 City Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:42:51 -0800 Comment by Ryan Sounds great! Move god out, and I'll move right in!

]]> Ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1000937 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1000937 City Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:47:39 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways dammit; I wanted to buy this and turn it into Slog World Headquarters...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1000963 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1000963 City Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:02:25 -0800 Comment by genevieve I was hoping that somehow Velocity and some other arts groups would buy it. Ugh.

]]> genevieve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1001031 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1001031 City Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:44:10 -0800 Comment by Wolf I live in a condo inside a hundred-year-old church. Churches-into-condos seems to be a trend these days...I wonder why that is.

]]> Wolf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1001047 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1001047 City Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:57:36 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I just wished The Stranger paid their employees enough to get cameras that don't suck ass.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1001072 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1001072 City Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:19:51 -0800 Comment by Anon 1,250,000 / 19,000 = $66 a square feet.

By golly, we should turn it into some condos and sell 'em at $550 a square foot!

]]> Anon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1001153 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1001153 City Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:18:32 -0800 Comment by Wolf That's about my payment.

]]> Wolf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1001176 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1001176 City Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:41:20 -0800 Comment by give Rainier Beach to Skyway Just what Rainier Beach needs, another church. All the commercial space there is slowly becoming some sort of fly-by-night money taker. But for all the piety, the neighborhood just gets shittier and shittier.

]]> give Rainier Beach to Skyway http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1001361 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1001361 City Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:55:06 -0800 Comment by keith I was actually hoping to from a co-op and buy that place. Alas, I have no money, nor the right connections...

http://ghcollab.blogspot.com/2008/03/east-olive.html

]]> keith http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1001398 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/church_to_become_condos#c1001398 City Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:50:28 -0800