#Inform interiors lighting full

#Inform interiors lighting full

The seismic overhaul and full rehab of the Colman Automotive building on E Pine at Bellevue that it acquired for $3.85 million in 2012 was another major investment in its portfolio of auto row-era properties for Capitol Hill-based Hunters Capital. Completed in 1910, Hunters says the 20,000-square-foot masonry building was originally designed as a garage housing a variety of auto-related businesses that also included Cox Motor Car Co., Reo Truck, Co., Robert Taylor auto repair and the United Motors Co. A project titled “ Rory’s Restaurant and Rooftop Bar” was part of the plans and added a restaurant with roof deck component to the mix but last we heard a search for a tenant was still underway. The building was the longtime home of original and vintage furniture concern Area 51.Ī Blu Dot representative confirmed the plans for the new store with CHS last summer.Īrea 51 exited the Colman in 2016 as the building prepared to move into a “re-tenanting” phase with three to five new tenants and 10,000 square feet of office space. After work finishing the building’s seismic overhaul and tenant upgrades, the retail spaces are finally ready to spring back into action. The work has created the new Blu Dot and Inform store spaces, and a new restaurant project lined up to neighbor it as well as a rooftop bar.

The plan for Inform is to share a small portion of the street level retail space with Blu Dot while spreading out to take up the entirety of the building’s second floor.ĬHS reported on the plans for Blu Dot coming to Capitol Hill last spring.