HILLMAN CITY STUDIOS
Rainier Valley, Seattle, WA
MIXED USE BUILDING
4 - 4
Apartments - commercial spaces
RENOVATION
2
studio apartments
AGE
63 yrs
1963 date of upper floor addition
A Mixed Use Remodel - We purchased the former Jean VelDyke building in Hillman City in Spring 2024 and began construction on the tenant improvements in July. We moved ourselves in into one of the four commercial spaces in October 2024. Two long term residential tenants left in 2025, creating the need for upgrading two of the 4 apartment units.
WHAT THE CLIENT NEEDED
→An upgrade to original finishes from 1963
→Ventilation in the kitchens and baths
→Sturdy cleanable surfaces for renters
→A clothes washing ammenity
→New cork flooring provides a warm ecological cleanable surface
→New kitchens oriented to the light with built in ventilation
→Enlarged showers involved moving the water heaters