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Thu. October 11, 2007, 09:03am PDT
69K sq ft medical complex proposed for S. 19th
The Madison Park Medical Center could soon be joining the Snake Lake neighborhood. The now green space and former junk bus lot at the end of Proctor on 19th may soon become a three building, 69K square foot medical complex. A public notice has the development taking up 5.8 acres over 8 parcels of land and will need to be re-zoned from single family dwelling to a C-1 commercial area. Though significant paving will be necessary for the 330 on-site parking capacity it looks like some restoration of some wetland and a stream will occur that area currently in bad shape.
Is such a 9-5 kind of complex a good fit for an otherwise neighborhood setting? Will the loss of all that permeable ground adversely effect the Snake Lake watershed? Will this be a better option that, say, an apartment complex going in? Will this space house only medical facilities or will other types of businesses (teriyaki, nails, tanning, etc.) be able to find an in?
There's a public hearing on the notice November 8 at 1:30pm, you email Karie Hayashi with the City, or feel free to let it all out in the comments below.
Link to the public notice (PDF, 164K), lot and building sketches
Thanks Angela!
Thu. October 11, 2007, 03:05pm PDT
Happy 3 PSP!
Today is Puget Sound Pizza's 3rd birthday and Jim couldn't be more proud. Celebrate with them tonight as DJ Aaron Mack will be spinning 80s music and more starting about 8:30pm. Here's a blurb Jim posted on MySpace:
Unbelievable. It doesn't seem like it's been 1100 days, but it has ...
Puget Sound Pizza opened October 11, 2004. That means today is our 3 year anniversary.
Just wanted to drop a state-of-the-pie note to all of our Myspace friends and let them know we still very much love what we do in Tacoma's new core and that we know we wouldn't be able to do what we do everyday without local support.
We are very excited at the potential of St. Helens neighborhood downtown in the next year. Being such close-proximity to such neighbors as The Roberson condo makes us anxious for its and others to finish and to see who our new residential neighbors will be upon completion of construction and in-turn where we'll be in the next 3 years ...
We wouldn't be able to do what we do everyday without the support of Tacoma, all our family and friends and the neighborhood. So very much thanks is deserved by all who support local businesses.
It's been an evolution .... in the 3 years we have been open we have expanded or added more hours of operation, our pizza menu, our breakfast menu, our number of staff, a full cocktail lounge, our total square footage and, hopefully, our positive impact on family-friendly affordable dining downtown Tacoma. What we do is fun and we like doing it.
Thanks again for helping us rock.
Congrats to Jim and crew for being pioneers in a part of town few wanted to have anything to do with three years ago. I know Sarah and I and so many others have enjoyed their pies. With the addition of more space and more breakfast this year I'm sure they'll make all those new Tacoma condo owners and everyone happy for years to come.
Thanks Sarah!
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