For the ever-optimistic Mike Cohen, managing partner of the Tacoma’s largest mixed use development project, Point Ruston, reality is finally matching his dreams. Construction activity at the site of the former Asarco copper smelter near Point Defiance Park is moving swiftly into the development’s second phase as Cohen tries to meet a growing demand
After a few months of marching in place, construction activity is again moving forward at Point Ruston, the billion-dollar redevelopment of the former Asarco copper smelter site near Tacoma’s Point Defiance Park. “Within the next few months, you’ll be seeing a forest of construction cranes at Point Ruston,” said Mike Cohen, the development’s managing
A former Weyerhaeuser Co. executive and his wife have become the first residents of a redeveloped former industrial site near Tacoma’s Point Defiance Park. Bill and Polly Blankenship’s home is the first of what developer Mike Cohen hopes will be hundreds of residential units on the site of the former Asarco copper smelter. The
Construction of Point Ruston, a 97-acre mixed use neighborhood on the shores of the Puget Sound, is underway. With a retail core of approximately 120,000 square feet, this open air, waterfront lifestyle center will feature views of Mount Rainier, the Cascade Foothills and Olympic Mountains. This provides information on the Point Ruston project and
The Point Ruston team sent along these photos from the model home on Stack Hill (a follow up to the information last week). As expected, the views are spectacular. The model is open Saturdays from 12 to 4 pm, and more homes are under construction. More details are available on http://www.pointruston.com/.
1. On August 12, 2008 the Ruston Town Council approved Resolution No. 430 authorizing the Mayor to sign the LID Interlocal Agreement with Tacoma. On August 26, Tacoma's Council approved Resolution No. 37578 authorizing the execution of the LID Interlocal Agreement with Ruston and Resolution No. 37580 amending the agreement with Seattle Northwest Securities
The developer of Point Ruston, an urban village located along a mile-long stretch of the Commencement Bay shoreline and on the former Asarco smelter site, announced this week it has begun construction on the project’s first mixed-use building. Copperline Condominiums, the mixed-use building now under construction, will include a total of 143 residences, 25,000
Builder Sales Group/Windermere Real Estate announced last week that the Tacoma condominium community of Allenmore East has sold the last of its 30 luxury homes. The community is located adjacent to the Elks Allenmore Golf Course. Allenmore East was built by MC Construction Consultants, the same developer of Kaiser Place in Olympia and Hawthorne
