Island Square in Mercer Island’s Town Center has sold to a Colorado-based group incorporated in Delaware, for $112 million.
Michael Christ, the Island real estate developer who with his firm, SECO Development Inc., and One Island Square LLC., built the five story mixed use building, sold it on July 3 to a group named Island Square NewCo LLC.
Liberty Loan pawn shop owner sentenced Monday July 7
The Mercer Island Schools Foundation presented its 2008-2009 financial request list to the School Board on June 26. The document covers the foundation’s fund-raising goals for next year — money that will be raised in order to meet the district’s “instructional improvement initiatives and ongoing commitments.”
The waterfront home of a Town Center restaurant owner was engulfed with flames early on Friday morning, leaving behind a charred house and the lingering stench of burnt wood along East Mercer Way as Islanders began to celebrate their Fourth of July holiday.
Island Square in Mercer Island’s Town Center was sold to a Colorado-based group, incorporated in Delaware, for $112 million.
Nishimura joins U.S. Senator to cheer new GI Bill
Public hearing for Shorewood subdivision July 16
A former Island resident and licensed therapist has pleaded not guilty to accusations of misconduct after being caught unclothed with a 15-year-old boy at his home earlier this year.
King County Executive Ron Sims wants a 25-cent fare increase on Metro buses to help offset rising fuel costs and avoid having to cut any service.
Car prowl
Two North-end Mercer Island residents filed suit against the City of Mercer Island and the United Methodist Church, seeking a court injunction to prevent Tent City from coming to the Island. The suit came less than a day after dozens of neighbors and Island residents met a handful of their future homeless neighbors at the United Methodist Church on S.E. 24th Street, the proposed site for the camp.
Even by Mercer Island standards, a 25,000-square-foot home being built on a 1.67-acre lot off of West Mercer Way is big.
There are about 300 more residents living on Mercer Island than a year ago, as the population has increased for the third straight year. According to data released by the Washington State Office of Financial Management on July 2, the Island’s population went up by 270 individuals from 2007 to 2008. The population estimates show that there are now 22,650 Island residents, which is about a one-percent increase from the previous count.
