Kent parking garage demolition begins | Slide Show

Published 6:32 pm Monday, October 3, 2011

Demolition of the unfinished parking garage in downtown Kent began Monday morning.

A Seattle developer,  Goodman Real Estate Inc.,plans to build a five-story, mixed-use development to include approximately 164 apartments and 3,700-square feet of retail space.

Goodman, and its architect Studio Meng Strazzara of Seattle, plan to construct urban-style apartments with retail space and 35 public parking spaces in addition to the parking set aside for residents.

The existing footprint of the city’s Town Square Plaza park will remain unchanged.

Photographs for the slide show were taken by Don Dinsmore and Dennis Box.