Original Rainier Brewery complex targeted for residential development
What was once part of the largest brewery west of the Mississippi could become a residential development.
GGLO Architects will present a proposal to the city of Seattle’s Landmarks Preservation Board on Jan. 16 to renovate the former Malt House in the Georgetown neighborhood into apartments. Portland-based ScanlanKemperBard Cos. is the owner.
The Malt House, at 5900 Airport Way S., was the second structure constructed for the former Seattle Brewing and Malting Co. plant that opened in the late 1890s. It eventually became the Rainier Brewing Co., and the plant is now known as the Original Rainier Brewery campus. The property is just south of downtown Seattle and just north of Boeing Field between Airport Way South and the BNSF rail lines. (The former Rainier Brewery with the big "R" is 2 miles north.)
The proposal notes that Airport Way through a portion of Georgetown has become a destination for restaurants and shops but lacks residential options that “add to the livability and vibrancy” of the neighborhood.
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