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Redevelopment Altering International District

SEATTLE-The distinctly Asian District comprised mainly of mom-and-pop businesses and low-income housing on the southeast corner of Downtown is experiencing change, raising concerns right along with the property taxes.

By Ingrid Ricks | Updated on September 26, 2000

SEATTLE-The upcoming completion of two redevelopment projects at the west end of the International District is bringing new office space and national retailers to the area, sparking concern about quality of life in the distinctly Asian community.

Celebrating the diversity is Uwajimaya Village, a 60,000-sf mixed-use development at South Sixth Avenue and Dearborn Street that will open in six weeks. Anchored by the namesake Asian Food and Gifts Market and 176 apartment units, retail tenants include Yuriko’s Cosmetics, Kinokuniya Bookstore, Inay’s Kitchen, Honeymoon Tea, Washington Mutual Bank and a number of Asian eateries.

Not so typical of the neighborhood is 505 Union Station, the nearly complete 11-story glass office building being constructed by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen, whose new football stadium is being built a few parcels further west where the Kingdome once stood. A Starbucks coffeehouse is opening this week in the office building.

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