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Out of Stadium & Into 6th Ave. for El Guadalajara?

Jake — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:59:04 +0000

It appears that the Stadium District El Guadalajara may be moving to the center of the 6th Ave. Business District. Tres Ramos El Guadalajara Inc. has applied for a restaurant liquor license with a new location at 3002 6th Ave. and appears to be taking place of the Neighborhood Market (previously on Tacoma Untapped. A business license check for the current location, on Tacoma Ave. in the Stadium Business District, says it has closed. The building where the Stadium District location was located is owned by X Square Investments II, which is ran by John & Luke Xitco, owners of Asado and Masa. Rumors from a few years ago were that X Group wanted to put an Italian restaurant in the Stadium District building once Guadalajara was gone.

El Guadalajara was recently in the news because they were required to install a sprinkler system in the building due to new nightclub laws but hadn’t done so yet. The Stadium District location has a dance floor in the bar portion of the building.

UPDATE: It appears El Guadalajara may be going into the back section of the building where Neighborhood Market is located.

Chelsea Heights Starts Leasing.. Finally

Jake — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:09:03 +0000

After 3 years in the construction phase, Prium’s Chelsea Heights project near Wright Park will finally see life. The once condo project is now a 78 unit apartment building and can be seen on numerous rental websites. From photos on Craigslist it does appear that some of the finishes have been downgraded from the original plans. The property management company is currently advertising a 2 bedroom unit for $1,150.

Now does anybody know what is going on with the retail space? It almost looks like it is going to be all storage units. You can see a lot of metal wall forms, very close together in the retail space when you drive by.

Last reported on The Biz Buzz in December 2007 : Second Prium Condo Project Goes Rental

Chelsea Heights Apartments

603 South J Street

Tacoma, WA 98405

253-383-3181

Former Happy Dragon Location on 6th Ave. Sold

Jake — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:58:40 +0000

The former Happy Dragon restaurant location on 6th Ave. & Alder Street recently sold for $1,100,000. The two parcels measuring 19,981 square feet are part of the 6th Ave. mixed-use center and are zoned NCX. The new owners are a group that includes architect Ross Deckman of Ross Deckman & Associates and a number of individuals who work at AHBL, a Tacoma based civil/structural engineer, landscape arcitecture, and community planning firm. While no plans are concrete they do plan to look at their options for future development of the site. In the meantime they may try to lease the space to another restaurant as all of the restaurant equipment is still in the building.

(image from Google Maps)

From the looks of the purchase price it appears the property was bought for it’s “land value”. I think the prospect of a future development are pretty good considering the land value purchase and the owner’s portfolios. What would you like to see built at this location? Mixed-use with apartments/condos? Office space with retail similar to Poole’s Corner down the street at Union Ave.? My vote? Mixed-use with apartments and retail. The 6th Ave. area hasn’t seen much in the way of new residential structures in the past few years. With UPS a few blocks away and the popular 6th Ave. corridor right there, I think it would be a great spot for that kind of development.

Lunch Time at Asado

Jake — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:47:17 +0000

A new lunch option will appear on 6th Ave. starting June 1st. Asado will give the lunch crowd a go and start serving lunch Monday through Firday 11:30am – 2:30pm. Happy Hour will start after lunch at 2:30pm.

The new lunch menu will include: fresh fish Cuban sandwich, Asado cobb salad with smoked mahi and prawns, quinoa bowls with choice of protein, and combos of skewers or sliders and choice of salad.

Can you picture yourself on a nice sunny day having lunch on Asado’s patio? I can!

Asado

2810 6th Ave.

Tacoma, WA 98406

Former Bakery Building To Be Demolished

Jake — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:04:04 +0000

The new owners of the Hostess Bakery building at South 7th Street and Sprague Ave. have some plans for the site and it does not include the current, now vacant building. WB Management bought the 59 year old building in December of 2007 for $850,000. They have submitted and application to rezone the property from its currently R4 multifamily zoning to C2 commercial zoning. The plans call for demolition of the bakery building and 2 story mixed-use building with retail and office space to be built in its place. The building will be surrounded by surface parking for 47 vehicles.

A public hearing for the rezone will be held May 29, 2009 at 9:30 am in the City Council Chambers at City Hall.

The full rezone packet can be viewed HERE

You can submit public comment via email to Dustin Lawrence: Dlawrence@cityoftacoma.org

Previously on Ext133.com:

Hostess Bakery For Sale

Bakery Reuse. What Would You Do?

6th Ave. Changes

Jake — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:35:21 +0000

It appears that the Neighborhood Market at 3002 6th Ave. is in the proccess of changing hands. The new owner is/will be Youn Park, Inc. The name will continue to be Neighborhood Market.

Update 1/29/09: Neighborhood Market changes hands from the Tacoma Weekly

The former Modern Cleaners location at 2309 6th Ave. is going to be a new restaurant/lounge called Sax. Digging up info on the LLC that the new restaurant is under it, appears the same people may own Mae Ploy Thai Cusine in Ballard.