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Developer Changes Plans for Grand Avenue Project

EVERETT, WA-Rather than settle for a smaller multifamily development, Grand Avenue Investments now wants to build an office complex on the corner of 32nd St. and Grand Avenue.

By Brian K. Miller | Updated on September 25, 2000

EVERETT, WA-Days after residents agreed to support a rezone that would allow for a 32-unit apartment or condominium complex to be built on the corner of 32nd St. and Grand Avenue, Grand Avenue Investments, a group that includes property owner Roy Thorsen, has added a new twist.

Instead of apartments or condominiums, the group now wants to build an office complex. The announcement frustrates residents of the 1900s era neighborhood, who had finally agreed to a compromise with the developers that would have dropped the number of proposed housing units from 52 to 32.

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