The eyesore Park Plaza South parking garage in Downtown Tacoma is well on its way to becoming something a bit more pleasing on the eye.
Construction in progress:
Image from Tacoma Urbanist Flickr To the left is the Luzon building,
click here for info on it's rehab
"In the 1960s, the City of Tacoma unfortunately knocked down a whole row of historical buildings to build the parking garage which Mayor Baarsma has referred to as a "tombstone." The area was named the "Dead Zone" by the Tacoma Daily Index. "
Project name: Pacific Plaza
Where: Park Plaza South, South 13th Street and Pacific Avenue, Tacoma
What: Reconstruction of city-owned parking garage will add one level with 104 parking stalls and two levels of office space with 34,000 square feet each and expand retail space on Pacific Avenue.
Who: Pacific Plaza LLC and City of Tacoma
Cost: $32.5 million, with approximately $7 million paid by city
When: City Council vote expected in January, construction beginning fall 2007, opening end of 2008.
Development team: Dan Putnam, president of PCS Structural Solutions in Tacoma; principals of
Absher Construction Co. in Puyallup – Tom and Dan Absher, Greg and Clark Helle and Brad Sayre
Architect:
BLRB Architects
Leasing agent: Neil Walter Co.
Deal: City to own and operate all parking. Pacific Plaza LLC to own and operate retail and office spaces.
Tenants: BLRB Architects and PCS Structural will occupy lowest office floor. Top floor still available.
Finished project should look something like this:
Image from TNT
The future plan for the larger North Park Plaza a few block north on Pacific Ave. is for it to be demolished to make way for new structres.