Sisley Properties and RDG Plans Attacked

A big shout out to the Roosevelt and Ravenna neighbors (over 150 strong) who came to the Seattle DPD meeting last night at Calvary Christian Assembly to speak about the Roosevelt Development Group's lease of the Hugh Sisley properties and their quasi-proposed development plans. Two people spoke in favor of the project going forward. About 50 voiced deep-seated concerns against this ill-conceived, major headache of an idea, often to the hearty applause of the room full of neighbors.  Another message sent to the City.

After a short introduction by Shirley Bolser of the DPD and a brief statement by Ed Hewson of RDG an important question was asked, answered, but not discussed. A gentleman asked about the ownership of the land and the buildings. Mr. Hewson answered that RDG was leasing the land from Sisley, so Sisley owned the land. RDG would own the buildings. It had been mentioned that the buildings would all be rentals because the land is leased, but what has not been mentioned is that doesn't preclude the possibility that Sisley and/or his heirs might someday buy the buildings back. Wake up DPD. This is all just one bad plan dreamt up by some developers sucked in to the profits from a $300,000,000 project.

I encourage the neighborhood to continue requesting that the city insist that the landowner/ or RDG remove abandoned buildings, clean up buildings with graffiti (east side of 15^th Ave across from school) and bring all of the Sisley owned properties up to current codes. Where are the renter's rights groups when we need them? This situation is truly deplorable.