<b>GATEWAY CENTER PLAN</b>- Bluestar Management Inc is planning to build a mixed use project on the site of the former Huling Bros Buick auto dealership at the northeast corner of Fauntleroy Way and S.W. Alaska Street. Completion is expected in early 2011. <b>Illustration by Collins Woerman.</b>
BlueStar Management, Inc., of Shoreline, Washington announced today plans for "Gateway Center" a mixed-use project to be developed on a one acre site at the northeast corner of Fauntleroy Way and S.W. Alaska St. (adjacent to 39th Avenue SW).
The site is directly across the street (39th Ave. S.W.) from Fauntleroy Place, another BlueStar Management, Inc. project set to break ground in May, 2008. Fauntleroy Place will feature Whole Foods Market, Hancock Fabrics and 170 apartment homes.
BlueStar is also the developer of Spring Hill, a mixed-use development at the 5000 block of California Ave. S.W. in West Seattle, which is currently in the permitting phase.
Preliminary plans for Gateway Center include more than 100 residential units along with 47,000 square feet of commercial space on two floors. Marketing for the commercial space is underway.
Gateway Center Fast Facts*:
6-Story building (four floors of living space above two levels of commercial)
3 floors of underground parking (250 individual stalls)
100+ residential units
47,000 sq. ft. of total retail
Construction is anticipated to begin in late 2009
Completion expected in early 2011.
