For the first time, civilians are getting the chance to move into the Fort Lawton Officers Row homes in Discovery Park. Magnolia Voice came across this Craiglist ad for one of the homes renting for $3995 a month.
Photo by Friends of Discovery Park
The Navy formed a partnership with a private company, Forest City, to manage the property as naval families started moving to new housing complexes in the Everett area. Now that the military families have left, the historic homes are now being rented to the general public.
Michael Nanney with Forest City tells us he expects to start selling some of the 26 homes owned by the Navy in Discovery Park this time next year. The homes, which are part of a landmark district, will actually be sold as condominium units owned by a condo association, keeping them under single management. Nanney also says the Navy and Forest City negotiated a historic covenant on the title so the homes can’t be drastically altered from their current state.
Regardless of those safeguards, the group Friends of Discovery Park has concerns that the homes could end up being changed or even torn down. The group has even considered a plan, with the help of others, to acquire all 26 residences in Discovery Park so they can be managed and maintained as a single entity. You can read more about their concerns here.
5 responses so far ↓
1 QA Hill // May 17, 2010 at 4:58 pm
That’s an insane amount of money for a house in the middle of nowhere.
2 magnoliamom // May 17, 2010 at 9:00 pm
middle of nowhere? its 10 minutes from the city, and the views are incredible! lots of room to run and exercise! I like it.
3 Sydney // May 18, 2010 at 8:53 am
I knew a family who lived here when I was growing up and it was a FANTASTIC place to live! The whole park was your backyard. And the houses are huge! It would be lovely if the insides were restored to Victorian splendor rather than all the woodwork being army green….
4 Drew // May 18, 2010 at 10:40 am
Under $4000 doesn’t seem bad to me. You’d pay as much to rent a small condo in one of the better towers downtown…there you’re paying for proximity to places to eat, bars, etc. For these, you’re paying for a nice big house that’s almost on the water, in those gorgeous fields…all within 5 miles of downtown.
I’d like to see pictures of the insides, though. Looks like the Craigslist ad was “flagged for removal” - maybe the ad was a hoax?
5 EB1 // May 18, 2010 at 9:34 pm
I would advise anyone considering living there to do their research on the health consequences of living so close to a radar antenna.
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