King County Housing Authority broke ground Friday on the $18 million Vantage Point apartment complex in Renton’s North Benson neighborhood.

WALSH Breaks Ground on Anthem on 12th
Walsh Construction Co. and Spectrum Development Solutions broke ground this week on Anthem on 12th, located on 12th Ave and East Yesler Way. Anthem on 12th will be the first private development of the larger Yesler Terrace neighborhood revitalization. The six-story 118,000 square foot transit-oriented residential project consists of 120 apartments with 4,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space.

Pacific University Groundbreaking Video
The 60,000 SF new residence hall at Pacific University is successfully under construction by WALSH and Mahlum Architects and will be the third new residence hall built on the Forest Grove campus since 2006.
Here is the link to the official groundbreaking ceremony video held on October 10 at the construction site during the University’s Homecoming weekend.

Cheryl Chow Court Ground Breaking
SEATTLE: Breaking ground are, from left, M.A. Leonard of Enterprise, Wendy Lamb of GGLO, Maryann Crissey of Banner Bank, Karen Miller of Washington State Housing Finance Commission, Diana Poling of Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle, John Torrence of LIHI, Mayor Mike McGinn, Bill Reid of Walsh Construction Co., Duncan Haas, Marty Koostra of Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County, Sharon Lee of Low Income Housing Institute, and Paul Cummings of Enterprise.

Ground broken for 12th Avenue Arts building
A standing-room crowd of several hundred people packed into the Velocity Dance Center on Thursday afternoon to munch on free pizza and hear Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and others praise the groundbreaking for 12th Avenue Arts, a new multiuse theater and housing project on Capitol Hill.