{"id":4848,"date":"2011-09-28T16:49:35","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T23:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/demolition-of-kent-half-built-parking-garage-to-start-oct-3\/"},"modified":"2016-10-23T13:00:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T20:00:30","slug":"demolition-of-kent-half-built-parking-garage-to-start-oct-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/demolition-of-kent-half-built-parking-garage-to-start-oct-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Demolition of Kent half-built parking garage to start Oct. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

The half-built parking garage that has sat idle for more than four years in Kent is coming down.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Crews will start Monday, Oct. 3 to demolish the garage to make way for construction of a five-story, mixed-use development to include about 164 urban-style apartments and 3,700 square feet of retail space and public parking, according to Kent city officials.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The unfinished garage sits at the southeast corner of West Smith Street and Fourth Avenue.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Demolition is expected to start at 11 a.m. Oct. 3 and continue daily from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for about 10 days.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Kent City Council approved sale of the property<\/a> Sept. 20 to Goodman Real Estate, Inc., of Seattle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the demolition, we should have the site cleared by the end of October,” said Brad Reisinger, project manager with Goodman Real Estate, in a city media release.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

During next week’s demolition work, the sidewalk and one lane on the east side of Fourth Avenue will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday; and the sidewalk and one lane on the south side of Smith Street will be closed Wednesday through Friday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Rhine Demolition of Tacoma, the same contractor slated to remove the Alaskan Way Viaduct, will do the work.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Work stopped on the garage in May 2007 when the initial developer ran out of funds.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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