Ah Constitution Court, we can finally see the finish line. We first told you about this project on the northwest corner of 3rd & Reed almost three years ago, when we told you about plans to demolish the St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, a wonderful structure built in the 1890s. We really wish that this building could have been preserved somehow, though we're not sure what other uses could have worked here.
In short order, the church came down and the first two homes of this twelve home development arrived on the scene. But somehow it came to the City's attention that the homes were two feet too tall, and L&I forced the developers to shorten the homes to the permitted height. Construction resumed in May of 2014 and has progressed ever since, though at a modest pace. This past summer, the first two homes were finished and crews were actively working on the next four homes. The pace has picked up considerably in recent months, with the row of homes on 3rd Street now finished. All of these homes appear to be sold or at least under agreement.
As you can see in the picture above, construction is moving along for the second row of homes.
Several of these homes are already under agreement but at least two are still available for sale with one of them listed at $595K and another (we'd guess the corner) for $665K. Half a year ago, we predicted that this project would be finished at some point in 2016. Given the new speed at which things are now moving, we're feeling pretty confident that things should be done sometime this summer.