The six-story apartment complex, to be called Press, is scheduled for completion in July 2002. Pre-leasing will begin next spring. The word "Press" is not derived from The Seattle Times Co., just down the hill; it comes from the parent company of one of the developing partners. Heath Printers fostered Heath Properties and joined with Harbor Properties to form Harbor-Heath, LLC.

Harbor's Alison Girard says the owners were likely partners for the deal because they share a common vision for the future development of the Capitol Hill neighborhood, which is maintaining the look and feel of the Capitol Hill district.

"We really wanted to create a building that represented the attitude of the neighborhood," says Martha Barkman, Press project manager. "The ground-floor retail will reinterpret the auto-row style windows, with rollup doors providing great access to the sidewalk. We spent a lot of time searching for fully-grown trees because we didn't want to plant little saplings that would take years to catch up."