The Kolstrand Building is planned to be converted into a three-story, mixed-use development by 2010. Click image for a view from Shilshole Avenue and an artist rendering of the project.
The two-story Kolstrand Building on Ballard Avenue is slated to become a three-story, mixed-use development by early 2010.
The building, built in the early 1900s, is located at 4743 Ballard Ave. N.W., just south of the Ballard Hardware building. It served as a machinery and distribution center for the Kolstrand Marine Supply Company for 80 years, according to a press release about the project.
According to permits acquired for the project, a third story will be added on to the structure, and a three-story addition will be built as well.
The entirety of the original structure will be kept, said Chad Dale with evo Properties, developers for the project.
The first phase of construction will add a third story to the original building, and the second phase will build three stories of work lofts in the rear of the structure, Dale said.
The press release states that the building will house retail on the first floor, office space on the second, and a mix of office and condo space on the third.
A vacant lot behind the building on Shilshole Avenue will be used for 11 surface parking spaces until the space is used for the work lofts in the second phase of the project.
According to the press release, construction is set to begin in late 2009 with the building being occupied by early 2010.
There will be an open house for the community between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m., May 1 at the Kolstrand Building. Graham Baba Architects and developers evo Properties and CD-Dev Partners will be in attendance.
