It's been over two years since we first shared the news that the former Saint John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, located on the northwest corner of 3rd & Reed, would be demolished in favor of twelve townhomes. The beautiful church had stood for over 120 years and was brought down in about a month's time. Not long after the demolition was finished, work began on a project called Constitution Court.

In the past

But after the first two homes were framed out, the project stopped dead in its tracks. As we told you before, the new homes were about two-feet taller than was permitted by the permits and L&I shut down the site. The developers ultimately raised the homes off their foundations, lopped off the overbuild, and dropping the shorter homes back onto the foundations and were allowed to resume construction. That was in the spring of 2014. Checking back in today, we see that the first two homes seem finished and the next four are now under construction.

Current view

View on Reed Street (with much better lighting)

Foundations for the second row of homes

Despite the fact that the project was stalled for half a year and has moved pretty slowly since construction resumed, sales appear to moving in a positive direction. The first two homes are sold and the next five are under contract at a list price of $595K. That number includes the homes you see in the images above along with one home that hasn't even gotten framed yet. From the looks of it, the next phase will mean three more homes, making for a final phase with three additional homes. It's been a long road for this project, but we expect it will reach its conclusion at some point in 2016. Until then, we can only look at the project rendering from Harman Deutsch.

Project rendering

We still miss the church though.