12th Avenue Arts, which is Community Roots Housing's (formerly Capitol Hill Housing) 47th building, opened in late 2014. A unique and complex project, the development addresses many longtime community needs in a single building.
A COMMUNITY SOLUTION
Longtime Community Needs
•Higher and better use for underutilized space
•Affordable apartments
•Affordable arts space
What Was Required
•Community support
•Political will
•Unique and feasible design
A Community Solution
30,000 SF, $47M development addresses all needs
A NEW HOME
Home for Residents
88 beautiful apartments for families and individuals earning 60% of Area Median Income
Home for Arts
Two flexible, blackbox theaters leased to three local companies and available for rentals by other artists
Home for Community
•Office space for Capitol Hill Housing and other nonprofits
•Community meeting space
•Street-level retail for local restaurants
•Secure parking for Seattle Police Department
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See below for recent updates, press, and events from this project
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Aug 13, 2014
By Amy Allsopp Update This spring, Capitol Hill Housing (CHH) focused our annual community forum on launching a Capitol Hill Arts district. We brought in... Read More
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Apr 16, 2014
Too successful? A massive market rate housing project comes to the Arts District; photo by Michael Seiwerath Updates With conversations on Seattle’s Capitol Hill pointing... Read More
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Mar 13, 2014
A sign of resiliency: Gay City’s new performance space; photo by Michael Seiwerath Updates On schedule. We recently brought 40 funders through 12th Avenue Arts... Read More
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Jan 12, 2014
Updates The roof has been raised! Helped by this eerily dry Seattle winter, the construction of 12th Avenue Arts is moving along quickly. The campaign... Read More
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Jan 03, 2014
Future theater spaces beginning to take shape; photo by Joshua Okrent Updates The concrete work on 12th Avenue Arts was recently finished, and the temporary... Read More
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Dec 11, 2013
Anne Gadwa Nicodemus speaks on national examples of cultural districts; photo by Jennifer Crooks Updates Recently, more people have been calling for the creation of... Read More
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Nov 21, 2013
Greg Carter of Black Box Operations talks about their vision of managing the theater space at 12th Avenue Arts Updates Could 12th Avenue Arts be... Read More
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Oct 20, 2013
Matthew Richter speaking at the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce meeting where the Chamber announced the creation of a special task force on the arts... Read More
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Sep 05, 2013
Update Vibrancy is the buzzword in community development these days, and it seems to be the quality every neighborhood wants (or is supposed to want)... Read More
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Aug 04, 2013
Update Perhaps the single most exciting aspect of the campaign for 12th Avenue Arts has been the support of neighborhood businesses. In January ArtPlace America... Read More
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Jul 17, 2013
After breaking ground in February, construction is underway and on schedule at the 12th Avenue Arts site. Last month Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn declared “Capitol... Read More
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Jun 22, 2013
The ground beneath 12th Avenue Arts is well and truly BROKEN. In fact, where the police parking lot once lay at the corner of 12th... Read More