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Thursday, October 2, 2003
Retail-residential project planned for Northgate area
The development company that built the Wallingford Center and Uwajimaya Village tentatively has agreed to buy nearly 6 acres across from Northgate Mall for a combination retail and residential project it is calling Northgate South.
Lorig Associates, together with Stellar International Holdings, is the third developer that has considered building on the site.
Simon Property group, which owns the land and Northgate Mall, had planned to develop the entire 17 acres south of the mall.
After being bogged down by lawsuits over "daylighting" a section of Thornton Creek that runs through the property, Simon decided to sell the land. Daylighting means bringing the underground creek back to the surface.
Simon sold 8.4 acres to King County and is working on a deal with the city for 2.7 acres. That left 5.9 acres in the middle vacant.
Yesterday, company founder Bruce Lorig stressed that the firm has a "very non-binding agreement with Simon at this point."
Mayor Greg Nickels appeared with Lorig to announce the agreement.
"Helping make this kind of investment happen is exactly how we can grow our way out of this recession," Nickels said.
The agreement is contingent on the City Council's quickly approving land-use code changes and a development agreement with Simon that the mayor entered into quietly last spring.
The council, which has bristled under pressure from the Mayor's Office to approve the agreement, said it can't take action until the city hearing examiner issues a decision on parts of the mayor's proposal being challenged by citizen groups.
Council President Peter Steinbrueck said the council will act in timely manner, but added, "The mayor had a year to work in secret with the mall owner to the exclusion of the council and the community, and we need to take adequate time to ensure a thoughtful consideration of the proposals."
Environmentalists who attended the announcement promised more lawsuits if the creek isn't daylighted as part of the Lorig development.
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