Project News

Here you will find a variety of newsworthy items, including articles on the project that were recently published in local and regional newspapers and magazines:

Press

The Future of Kirkland
425 Magazine – Sunday, August 01, 2010
Kirkland is not Bellevue, Redmond or Seattle. Kirkland is an arts enclave, a dog domain, a family-friendly neighborhood, a high-tech incubator, a parks and recreation paradise, a lakeside destination and a people-powered place.

Parkplace: Embracing change, moving forward
Kirkland Reporter – Wednesday, July 28, 2010
(The redevelopment) presents us with the opportunity to add exciting and compelling new public space and amenities to the downtown area. It will be big, yes, but it needn’t emulate Bellevue’s narrow canyons of corporate steel and glass.

New Kirkland City Manager Kurt Triplett speaks on budget, salary
Kirkland Reporter – Wednesday, July 28, 2010
I think we will see the Parkplace development well under way. I think ground will be broken and hopefully one of the first buildings will have been built. People in the community will begin to see the benefits that the project will bring.

Debate is good, but so is conclusion
Kirkland Courier Reporter – Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Speaking to Green Car Company founder and co-owner Susan Fahnestock by phone last week about her decision to move from Kirkland to Bellevue

Parklace: 11 Stories Possible?
Kirkland Courier Reporter – Wednesday, June 18, 2008
City's Planning Commission Floats Third Plan for Development

Citizens group making stand against Parkplace plan
Kirkland Courier Reporter – Wednesday, May 28, 2008
A citizens' group apposed to the preferred Parkplace redevelopment option has

Parkplace, picnics pondered at Neighborhood Meeting
Kirkland Courier Reporter – Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Zero Waste picnics, a city sustainable business survey and Parkplace redevelopment were all on the agenda

Council decision could land city in court
Kirkland Courier Reporter – Wednesday, May 14, 2008
The futures of both a planned downtown redevelopment and a key city board were put in doubt last week when the City Council voted to support an appeal of the project.

Parkplace will change, but you have a say
Kirkland Courier Reporter – Wednesday, May 07, 2008
It’s time to face the facts -- development of parkplace is going to happen whether you're for or against the project.

Googling Kirkland
Seattle Times – Tuesday, May 06, 2008
The last time 1,000 people worked at one company in Houghton, they were building minesweepers at a shipyard along Lake Washington.