Last Wednesday, a City Council panel approved Vulcans plans to build three 12-story buildings within 6 blocks along Terry and Boren Avenues. The project will bring at least 4,000 more jobs to the neighborhood and is expected to be the new headquarters for Amazon.com.
In exchange for the zoning change, the panel determined that Vulcan will pay over $6M for affordable housing and public benefits, build environmentally friendly buildings with green landscaping and support commuters who get to work by bus, bicycle or car pool.
“South Lake Union isn’t the redheaded stepchild anymore. It’s not warehouses and broken trolley lines going nowhere. It’s beautiful, and it seems like changing the rules in light of that … seems like common sense.” – Ron Sandahl, Artistic Director of the Open Circle Theater