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Northgate News Archive
Northgate Stakeholders
Public Meeting
03/02/05 Northgate Stakeholders Group
The next Northgate Satkeholders public meeting will be March 8th.
Northgate
Neighborhood Arts Council Forming
11/05/04 Councilmember Richard Conlin
The Council will work with the business community, neighborhood groups, and artists
to provide public art settings within our communities.
Northgate Community
Forum
10/25/04 Northgate Stakeholders Group
The Northgate Stakeholders Group, a citizen advisory group to the Mayor and City
Council, invites you to a Northgate community forum on Tuesday, Nov. 9.
Victory Creek Cleanup
09/17/04 Seattle Department of Neighborhoods
The Clean Seattle and Green Seattle Initiative will come to Victory Creek Park
on Saturday, October 2, 2004, from 9:00 a.m. to noon.
City
to purchase 2.7-acres of the Northgate South Lot
07/29/04 Seattle City Council
After years of public hearings, workshops, petition signing and legal challenges,
the vision of a livable Northgate moves significantly forward with a Council
Committee of the Whole vote today.
Northgate Stakeholders
Group to hold community meeting
04/29/04 Northgate Stakeholders Group
The Northgate Stakeholders Group, a citizen advisory group to the Mayor and City
Council, wants to hear from you regarding major projects at Northgate.
DPD
Convenes Northgate Stakeholder Group; 10 Nominees Sought
01/29/04 Seattle Department of Planning and Development
A stakeholders group that will provide a balanced representation of the Northgate
community's diverse interests is currently being assembled by the Seattle Department
of Planning and Development.
See designs for the new Northgate
library,
community center and park
01/20/04 Seattle Public Library
See images of the new library, community center and park, and learn more about
street improvements planned for Fifth Avenue Northeast in Northgate. Monday,
Feb. 23
Compromise
clears way for Northgate redevelopment
01/04 Seattle Sun
Mayor Greg Nickels managed to keep his Northgate redevelopment dreams on a fast
track by resorting to an uncharacteristic tactic: compromise.
Mayor's
Northgate plan 'Counciled' out
12/03 Seattle Sun
Neighbors rally behind Council's alternative proposal. On Nov. 12, five Seattle
City Council members held a press conference to announce their own proposal for
the future of the Northgate area. Stressing public involvement and a transparent
process, the council proposal was a clear rebuff to a development agreement negotiated
by the Nickels Administration and Northgate Mall owners, Indianapolis-based Simon
Property Group.
Five
council members float alternate plan for Northgate
11/13/03 The Seattle Times
In the continuing battle over how best to redevelop Northgate Mall
and the surrounding area, a majority of Seattle City Council members
made it clear that they stand
with neighborhood groups — and against a deal Mayor Greg Nickels had
negotiated with the mall owner.
Council
deflects Nickels' call for immediate action on Northgate
11/03 Seattle Sun
Wait until December. That's when the Seattle City Council intends to make its
final decision on Mayor Greg Nickels' proposal to revitalize Northgate Shopping
Center and the surrounding business district by relaxing land use regulations.
Retail-residential
project planned for Northgate south lot
10/02/03 Seattle Post Intelligencer
The development company that built the Wallingford Center and Uwajimaya Village
tentatively has agreed to buy nearly 6 acres across from Northgate Mall for a
combination retail and residential project it is calling Northgate South.
Alternative
School #1 Students write, perform songs for peace
08/03 Seattle Sun
" Peace is quiet, like a riot on a diet. Peace is no war, peace is no
terror. Peace is people being nice to each other, People on Earth
taking care of one another. That's Peace, that's Peace, that's Peace."
Students,
Haida carver finish canoe
07/12/03 Seattle Post-Intelligencer
On a rainy day three years ago, a group of students, teachers and volunteers
faced a challenging project: how to transform a 14,000-pound tree into a smooth,
16-person Native Alaskan canoe. Yesterday, the students from Seattle's Alternative
School No. 1 were able to celebrate the completion of the carving of the 40-foot
canoe named Ocean Spirit, more invested in the project than they ever imagined
they would be.
Merchants
back mall expansion
07/03 Seattle Sun
The boosters of redevelopment and reduced regulation in the Northgate area showed
up in force for the City Council's June 10 public hearing. More than 30 speakers
touted the economic benefits of allowing large-scale property development without
the requirement of a General Development Plan (GDP) at the meeting, held at Nathan
Hale High School.
Getting
Involved: Northgate plan angers residents
05/26/03 Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Mayor Greg Nickels has proposed making it easier for developers in the Northgate
Mall commercial area to build larger projects with higher densities. Under Nickels'
plan, land-use regulations laid out in a neighborhood plan would be eased, allowing
a major redevelopment at the mall that would include 10 new buildings and 144,000
square feet of shops and restaurants.
Thornton
Creek Alliance Draft Letter Re: Northgate
05/09/03 Thornton Creek Alliance
Read the proposed letter to the mayor expressing TCA concerns about elements
of the Northgate Mall Development Agreement.
Northgate
Temporary Library Opens April 28th
04/21/03 Seattle Public Library
The new Northgate Temporary Service Site is located in a renovated bank building
on the site of the future library and an adjacent community center and park.
It opens Monday, April 28, 2003, and will close in 2004 so the new library can
be built.
Mayor
unveils Northgate plan
04/03 Seattle Sun
After months of waiting, citizens on March 19 finally got a look at Mayor Greg
Nickels' plan to spurn development around Northgate Mall.
Northgate
Mall to get new look
04/03 Seattle Sun
If the City Council passes the development agreement between the City and Northgate
Mall's owners, Simon Property Group, the Indianapolis-based company said it
will begin a large expansion of the mall along its west side.
New
park for Northgate?
04/03 Seattle Sun
King County Council Chair Cynthia Sullivan has pushed through a plan to transfer
the County's Northgate North Park and Ride Lot at NE 112th Street and Fifth
Avenue NE to the City for the creation of a new community park.
Mayor
Nickels' Letter to Northgate Neighbors
03/26/03 Mayor Greg Nickels
Mayor Nickels announces a second Northgate open house and Meadowbrook Pond tour.
Library
Board Selects Architect & Site Plan for Northgate Branch
03/25/03 Seattle Public Library
The Seattle Public Library board of trustees selected an architect and site plan
for the Northgate Branch. View the approved site
plan.
What
to do about Northgate?
03/03 Seattle Sun
Aging mall needs fixing; City, citizens at odds over how.
- What
is the Northgate Comprehensive Plan?
03/03 Seattle Sun
The Northgate Area Comprehensive Plan is a City document that has provided guidelines for development in the Northgate business district for the past decade. - Opposing
the Mayor's strategy
03/03 Seattle Sun
Community activists in Northeast Seattle say the General Development Plan requirement is the only way to keep developers, such as the owners of Northgate Mall, in line. - Siding
with the Mayor
03/03 Seattle Sun
The Northgate Mall owners' efforts to convince the City to lift its General Development Plan guidelines for expanding the mall has drawn strong support from several local business owners and real estate developers. - Who
is Simon Property Group?
03/03 Seattle Sun
Northgate Mall is owned by Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group, the world's largest shopping center operator, with 242 properties throughout the United States, as well as eight properties in Europe and Canada.
Mayor
seeks to sell vision for Northgate area
02/03 Seattle Sun
An infusion of federal money has given hope to the City's plans to transform
the Northgate area from an entanglement of traffic-clogged streets to
a more pedestrian friendly neighborhood, graced with grassy parks, tree-lined
avenues and a community center.
Lake
City, Northgate library designs to be previewed
02/03 Seattle Sun
The Seattle Public Library will host two open house events in February
to give the public a chance to preview the designs for the expanded Lake
City branch and future Northgate branch.
Northgate
Community Center Project Update
11/02 Seattle Parks & Recreation
The latest news about the new Community Center being planned for Northgate.
Music,
not movies, will star at redone Northgate Theatre
10/02/02 The Seattle Times
The movie lover's loss is the music lover's gain: The majestic Northgate
Theatre, closed since February after showing movies for 51 years, is about
to become the Northgate Music Theater.
Northgate
Public Meeting Announced
09/20/02 Seattle Public Libraries
Northgate-area residents are invited to attend a public reception to meet
design consultants being considered to provide site planning and design
services for the community center, library and park in Northgate.
Northgate
Library Site Chosen
08/01/02 The Seattle Press
The site for the new Northgate Library has been selected, and while many
are disappointed nobody is surprised.
No
hope for Security Properties on Northgate South Lot
05/02 Seattle Sun
Northgate Mall owner Simon Property Group has found a potential buyer
for another large chunk of the Northgate South Lot, but it won't say who
it is or what the buyer plans to use the site for.
Plans
for Northgate's South Lot: Up in the Air or Up the Creek?
04/25/02 The Seattle Press
Strolling across Northgate's south parking lot, shoppers pass over what
used to Thornton Creek and what many hope will be a new urban center and
park. Will it ever return to the creekside park it once was?
Help Renovate Pinehurst
Playfield
03/11/02 Friends of Pinehurst Playfield
The Friends of Pinehurst Playfield are in the process of submitting a
grant to the City of Seattle for $150,000, half of what we need to renovate
the playground, the other half will be raised by grants, donations and
volunteer labor. That's where you can help us right now!
Curtain
falls on Northgate Theater
02/22/02 Seattle P-I
The Northgate Theater, which opened in 1951 and was one of the country's
first mall cinemas, closed last night, a spokesman for Loews Cineplex
Entertainment, the bankrupt movie chain that operates the theater, confirmed
yesterday.
Bon
Tire site favored for library
03/02 Seattle Sun
Green hearts pinned to shirts told the tale: "we said towne centre
- south lot." It was a silent response by several Northgate area
residents to the proposal by Parks Department Superintendent Ken Bounds
and his staff to co-locate a new community center and library on a pair
of adjoining properties known as the "Bon Tire Site."
County
buys portion of Northgate South Lot
02/02 Seattle Sun
King County has agreed to pay $7.64 million to purchase a 3.9-acre portion
of the 12.8-acre Northgate South Lot from Northgate Mall owner Simon Property
Group.
Library
Board Narrows Northgate Branch Site List
01/31/02 The Seattle Press
The Seattle Public Library Board voted last Tuesday to narrow the list
of potential sites for the new Northgate branch library.
Shopping
for Answers at the Mall Academy
01/17/02 The Seattle Press
Seattle Public Schools' Mall Academy is a partnership between the Seattle
Public Schools and the Simon Youth Foundation--a non-profit branch of
the Simon Properties Group, which owns the Northgate Mall.
City
Drops Ball; County Encourages Sprawl
1/03/02 The Seattle Press
King County has signed an agreement to buy nearly a third of Simon Properties'
Northgate South Lot.
Developer
seeks extension of option on Northgate lot
12/06/01 Seattle P-I
Development plans for a piece of property just south of Northgate Mall
are once again on hold, this time while the developers seek an extension
on their expired option to buy the acreage from the mall's owner, Simon
Property group.
Public
Meeting on Location Of New Northgate Community Center
11/09/01 Seattle Parks and Recreation
Seattle Parks and Recreation staff will present information about three
sites that were identified as potential locations in a public meeting
held in August.
Creek
activists make their pitch for South Lot
10/01 Jet City Maven
Two citizens groups that have been waging a several-year battle, including
legal action, to daylight a section of Thornton Creek that currently flows
under the Northgate Mall South Parking Lot have come up with a plan they
believe would satisfy their aim as well as the City's goal of building
a community library and a private developer's plans to build a multifamily
affordable housing project.
Northgate
South Lot in Limbo
09/27/01 The Seattle Press
A creek runs through it, but will area residents ever see it? An update
on the status of the South Parking Lot at Northgate Mall.
Man
charged in arson try near mosque
09/20/01 The Seattle Times
A Snohomish man has been charged with attempted arson and first-degree
assault in what was the third attack on people of Middle-Eastern or South-Asian
origin in the Seattle area the past week.
Pro
Parks Levy Funds
07/26/01 Pinehurst Community Council
The Pinehurst Community Council has been looking into the proposed criteria
for dispersement of the Pro Parks Levy Funds and it appears some very
flawed rules are being proposed. View the letter PCC plans to send to
the Parks Department.
Pinehurst to get neighborhood signs
06/27/01 Pinehurst Community Council
The Pinehurst Community Council recently received word that it has been
awarded a grant from the Department of Neighborhoods that will allow it
to fund the installation of signs marking the neighborhood. The signs
should be in place later this summer.
Rock
Climbing and Canoe Tipping
06/13/01 The Seattle Press
Each year the graduating eighth graders at Alternative School #1 near
Northgate end the year with a week-long camping and canoeing trip, designed
to challenge them and get them ready for high school. This is the second
in three installments about the trip and the preparations. Installment
#1
Northgate
Open House
05/01 City of Seattle Strategic Planning Office
The
City's Strategic Planning Office is holding monthly Open Houses to keep
you informed about all the changes coming to the Northgate area. The first
meeting is scheduled for May 10th. You can find more information
by clicking the link above or on our Calendar.
Northgate
parcel is sold to developer
04/26/01 Seattle P-I
The 13-acre swath of property on the south end of Northgate Mall that
has been mired in controversy is being sold to Security Properties of
Seattle, which plans to build a mix of housing and business there.
Wilderness
Trip Will Be 8th Graders' Rite of Passage
04/18/01 The Seattle Press
Alternative School #1's Rites of Passage program started in 1993, when
seventh grader Jacob Walker was studying foreign cultures. Installment
#2
Housing
Firm Looks At Northgate Lot
04/04/01 The Seattle Press
Security Properties, a Seattle-based developer, is negotiating to buy
the south parking lot at Northgate Mall from Simon Properties.
Possible
buyer found for Northgate south lot
04/01 Jet City Maven
The Northgate area may soon have something in common with the "Center
of the Universe"
Northgate
Workshops Follow-up Meeting - 3/21/01
03/01 City of Seattle Strategic Planning Office
As promised, the sponsoring agencies will report back to workshop participants
and other interested Northgate stakeholders on a proposed plan of action
for the siting of public facilities and for other key priorities developed
in last fall's public process.
Theater
closings expected
01/26/01 The Seattle Times
Following the largest building boom in movie-theater history, it's sounding
like curtain time for many movie screens across the nation. (Including
Northgate?)
Pro-Salmon
preservation groups sue Northgate Mall
11/00 Jet City Maven
Two citizens groups, the Thornton Creek Legal Defense Fund and the Waste
Action Project, have teamed up to bring a federal lawsuit against Northgate
Mall's owners, Simon Property Group, over what the groups say are the
impacts of the shopping center's stormwater on threatened Chinook salmon
in nearby Thornton Creek.
Northgate
Workshops Continue
11/17/00 City of Seattle Strategic Planning Office
All Are Invited to Attend the "Refining Our Choices" workshop On December
1st & 2nd. Come to consider development concepts for the Northgate core
area.
Workshops
discussing public facilities in Northgate
10/20/00 City of Seattle Strategic Planning Office
The City of Seattle, King County, and Sound Transit are sponsoring a coordinated
public process as they move toward making decisions about siting public
facilities in Northgate. Workshops will be held October 26-28 and December
1-2, 2000.
Northgate
Mall Threatened With Lawsuit For Abusing Thornton Creek
10/18/00 The Seattle Press
Simon Properties Group, which recently abandoned its plans to develop
the South parking lot of Northgate Mall rather than continue to battle
environmentalists' objections, may face further legal troubles connected
to the creek.
Plan
for 'new Northgate' revived
10/16/00 Seattle P-I
Plan for 'new Northgate' revived Neighbors and government officials will
gather to begin transforming mall area into a people-friendly town center
Park
boosters seeking big investment
10/10/00 Seattle P-I
Proposition 1 pits a range of groups against apartment association.
Northgate
Developer Abandons South Parking Lot Project
10/4/00 The Seattle Press
Simon Property Group announced September 28 it was shelving its plans
to build a huge new complex of offices, stores, theaters and apartments
on the five-acre site, and is putting the property up for sale.
Simon
puts Northgate Mall south lot up for sale
10/00 Jet City Maven
In an unexpected move, at least to some, the owners of Northgate Mall
have put the shopping centeršs south parking lot up for sale, and are
seeking bids starting at $24.5 million.
Northgate
expansion site is put up for sale
9/28/00 Seattle P-I
Mall's owner asks $25 million for the lawsuit-mired, 13-acre parcel on
Thornton Creek.
No
light rail in sales-tax plan; voters to decide just on bus funding
9/12/00 The Seattle Times
King County Executive Ron Sims wanted to raise the sales tax three-tenths
of a cent to support bus service and help build light rail to Northgate,
but the Metropolitan King County Council rejected the proposal yesterday.
Instead, the council endorsed a smaller tax request exclusively for bus
service.
Muslim
community grows to overflowing in Seattle area
9/7/00 Seattle P-I
The pilgrimage begins just before 1:30 p.m. each Friday.
Workshop
to Discuss Northgate Urban Center
9/6/00 The Seattle Press
The City of Seattle, King County and Sound Transit will host a design
workshop this fall to build on work that was started by citizens in the
Northgate Neighborhood Plan and Northgate Town Center Visioning Charrette.
Bustling
Gottschalks stores open across the region
9/1/00 Seattle P-I
At 9 a.m. yesterday, shoppers were already standing outside Gottschalks
at Northgate Mall, waiting for the region's newest department store to
open.
Bus
or rail? Tax question will answer the debate
8/14/00 The Seattle Times
Today's King County Council vote is shaping up to define the way this
region tackles congestion in the next decade.
Board
delays decision on train route via tunnel
7/28/00 The Seattle Times
Homeowners worried their neighborhood might be ruined to make way for
a light-rail line to Northgate must wait to learn their fate.
Project
may be up a creek; judge says there is one there
5/19/00 The Seattle Times
Yes, Virginia, there is a creek under Northgate Mall's south parking lot.
Neighborhood
activism 101: Critics get a lesson in leadership and manipulating the
bureaucracy
5/13/00 The Seattle Times
Some of Seattle's unsung, activist "leaders" are among 60 people who have
signed up for a new city-sponsored program focused on teaching neighborhood
activists to become more effective leaders.
Mall
shops for distinction
4/21/00 The Seattle Times
When Northgate Mall opened its doors 50 years ago today, it was heralded
as the first regional shopping mall in the nation. Or was it?
