Mayor Mike McGinn announced yesterday an agreement between the city and Capitol Hill Housing to make the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct parking lot available for redevelopment into a mixed-use, transit-oriented development to include affordable housing, retail, arts and community space. The parking lot is located on 12th Avenue and Pine Street in Capitol Hill.

Read the press release from the Mayor’s Office here.

Some coverage from the press:

Seattle Times: “Housing, arts space for city parking lot on Capitol Hill”
Seattle P-I: “From police parking lot to arty apartment complex?”
The Slog: “12th Avenue SPD Parking Lot Slated to Become Low-Income Housing, Retail and Theater Space”