Award-winning Architects Team Up With Local Community to Create High-end Urban Enclave; Five New Seattle Homes on Cobblestone Lane Were Inspired By European Styles.Business Editors, Real Estate Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 2002 Award-winning architects teamed with leading engineers, an accomplished builder and community residents to create Colman Park Estates. This unique cluster of high-end view homes in the heart of the city began going on the market this week. Located on a cobblestone lane in the historic Mt. Baker neighborhood of Seattle, the Colman Park Estates stand on a hillside overlooking Lake Washington Lake Washington is the second largest natural lake in state of Washington (after Lake Chelan) and the largest lake in King County. It is bordered by the cities of Seattle on the west, Bellevue and Kirkland on the east, Renton on the south and Kenmore on the north, and surrounds at 33rd Avenue & Plum Street Plum Street is a neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan, roughly the area today bounded by Michigan Avenue, the Lodge Freeway, and the Fisher Freeway. The community gained wide notice in the late 1960s as hub of art, rock 'n' roll, anti-war, drug and hippie activity. . The acre of land had originally been slated for building a 250-student school, which met with strong resistance from the local community. "We came together with local residents and proposed the idea of a high-end enclave designed by renowned architects," said Jason Kintzer, President of JRJ JRJ James R. Johnson & Associates, Inc. Development, the builder of the homes. "The concept and styling were inspired by urban development projects in Europe and have been greeted with tremendous enthusiasm by the community. We hope the success of the Colman Park Estates will serve as a model for future in-city developments." The project includes distinctive homes designed by Abrahams Architects, Johnston Architects, Krannitz Gehl Architects, and Stock and Associates Architects, winners of awards from the American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Organized in 1857, the Institute conducts various activities and programs to support the profession and enhance its public image, including periodically awarding the AIA (AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture ) for previous work. The project also incorporated the work of renowned landscape architect John M. Bernhard and Perbix Bykon Structural Engineers, and was financed by Evergreen Bank of Seattle. The realtors for the project are Charlotte Warn and Michael White There are multiple public figures named Michael White or Mike White, including:
For More Information: Colman Park Estates, www.colmanparkestates.com JRJ Development, 206/529-1000 or www.jrjdevelopment.com Gerrard Beattie & Knapp Realtors, 206/322-8940 or www.gbk.com Abrahams Architects, 206/322-7959 John M. Bernhard, ASLA ASLA American Society of Landscape Architects ASLA Australian School Library Association ASLA Anti-Saloon League of America ASLA American Seminar Leader's Association ASLA Assistance to State and Local Authorities ASLA Arrayed-Segment Loop Antenna , 206/522-0555 Johnston Architects, 206/523-6150 or www.johnstonarchitects.com Krannitz Gehl Architects, 206/547-8233 or www.krannitzgehl.com Perbix Bykon Structural Engineers, 206/264-7784 or www.pxbyk.com Stock and Associates Architects, 206/443-0494 or www.stockandassociates.com |
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