The Chelsea Square Master Plan site is approximately 172,989 sf (4 acre) and is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of NE 83rd St and 164th Ave NE. The site is located in the vicinity of the Redmond Fire Department building, the Skate Board Park, the transit center and the Redmond City 8-story twin tower complex currently under construction.
A 3-story multifamily development with 6 residential buildings, a clubhouse, carports, and surface parking will be torn down to make room for the project.
The proposed Chelsea Square Master Plan is an 8-story mixed-use development with ground floor commercial uses and one level of below-grade parking. The proposed development includes 20% public open space to allow 8 stories. The project consists of two phases. Phase 1 includes approximately 400 apartments and 350 parking stalls. Phase 2 includes approximately 300 apartments and 300 parking stalls.
Chelsea Square apartments are in the "Town Square Zone." This zone is intended as an area for the densest employment and residential uses in the Downtown.
This project is currently under review by the Design Review Board and I'm sure they would appreciate your feedback. Email: dlee@redmond.gov
-- posted by Bob Yoder, 6/21/2023, updated 7/17/23
Just stop Redmond! You are day by day destroying everything that was welcoming about Redmond and replacing it with cookie cutter, boring apartments charging ridiculous rents. Every vista is now concrete and steel. If you want to do something constructive, find a way to bring back a downtown post office location so that one doesn't have to get in their car and drive to an industrial park for postal service.
ReplyDeletePlease don't tell me that anyone is surprised by this? Redmond has become the UNafforadble apartment center of the entire world. What's one more big building. Who cares if it displaces a whole bunch of people who currently have almost affordable rents because they live in an older building? Let's build a brand spanking new one so we can double rents. It will get rid of all the pesky pedestrian little people who live there now and replace them with happy go-lucky software developers who have to work until midnight to pay the rent.
ReplyDeleteI checked this apartments 1 bedroom rents vs a new buildings rent (Radiate Apartments). This building has a 1 bedroom (750sqft) renting at $2210. Radiate had a 1 bedroom (710sqft) at $2304. So the old less dense building isn’t really any more affordable than a new more dense building.
DeleteDemand for housing will be increasing in the area, due to general growth but also the coming light rail expansion. Without more housing, all rents in Redmond would go up.
Will result in even more construction nightmare traffic short-term and subsequent more complete gridlock of Redmond. There is not enough space on the city streets to accommodate the resulting influx of cars. (and yes, the new residents will most likely each own a car.)
ReplyDeleteThe biggest loss I will feel from this massive development are the mature street trees and lush landscaping. The downtown is losing it's green. And will we lose the wide sidewalks. City Council will hold a Hearing on the project. It's imperative they require replacement of the street trees. I googled the complex to find most of the units were studio, 1,2 bedroom units and rent was high .....~$2000/mo. So, large families won't be dislocated. The good is increased densification from the building 5 additional stories. It's hard to imagine Redmond just can't get enough new apartments. It seems there's no end in sight. Hopefully, we'll be living in Spokane with our daughter before this complex is gutted and surrounded by cranes.
ReplyDeleteIncreased density is good for many reasons. Unfortunately the development standards don't deliver beautiful buildings, wide sidewalks, lush landscape buffers, separated bike lanes, etc. Lots of missed opportunities in Redmond.
ReplyDeletePlease remember that the City doesn't own the property and has no rights to interfere with the free marketplace of buyer and seller in this case. The new owner - or would be owner - wishes to expand the use of this property, all within the existing regulations that Redmond has set in motion years ago. What citizens can do is participate in the Design Review Board process and the Planning Commission to get the most advantage allowed under the regulations. The GMA was set into motion in the late 70's by State Legislation and one of the benefits of the GMA is that much of our open space that existed 40 years ago is still protected open space. Density in our downtown core and at the edges of our manufacturing zones seems to be where most of this density is going ---- do you want it in your single family home neighborhoods ?? Likely not. Growth is happening.
ReplyDeleteRedmond is now just an enclave of crappy lego block apartment buildings. No character. Rent is $3000 and only high tech workers are served. Meanwhile, traffic continues to get worse with all of the Teslas that high tech workers drive. Redmond is no longer a family town. It's all about the apartment buildings now. We're getting a 9 story building at the old post office. And now 8 story buildings. That's so awesome! Yay for our amazing City Leadership!
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