Client Projects

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Estelle will serve people with disabilities and mental illness recovering from homelessness. DESC Estelle will pioneer an innovative partnership with Harborview Medical Center to connect chronically homeless residents with high-quality on-site healthcare services. Additionally, fifteen units will be reserved for people exiting the hospital with healthcare needs that can�t be served in conventional residential care systems.

Bellwether teamed up with Shelter Resources Inc., Dawson Construction and SAGE Architectural Alliance to represent owner Providence Health and Services in building a new 75-unit apartment complex for senior citizens in the downtown Redmond area.

A 32 unit project of the Kennewick Housing Authority that will serve extremely low-income families in the Tri-Cities Area. Construction began in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Financing and new construction of a 24-unit townhome community for low-income families in Freeland, WA on Whidbey Island. Housing clustered around a central courtyard to maintain an appropriate buffer to nearby wetlands.

Worked with Mason County Shelter to acquire funding to build a seven-unit homeless family shelter with an eight-unit rental apartment building for low-income families. Conceived of new construction to replace existing shelter and housing away from Shelton Creek, which periodically floods necessitating temporary relocation of residents.

The Argonaut II is an addition of 6 units to an existing HUD-subsidized project which serves homeless, chronically mentally ill clients through Plymouth Healing Communities supportive services program. The program operates in conjunction with mental health providers to help place individuals, who would otherwise be discharged from medical facilities back onto the streets, into permanent homes.

Construction of 44 apartments including common space and roof deck for low-income individuals with chronic mental illness.

Developer on 52-bed emergency shelter and service center for a private, nonprofit organization serving Snohomish County.

New construction of two buildings on two parcels owned by SEED, one of which was the site of former Chubby Tubby retail store. After demolishing the Chubby Tubby store, two parcels were developed as four buildings�three small townhomes and one 68-unit mixed-use development with structured parking and ground-floor commercial retail space.

Assisted nonprofit Solid Ground with transformation of Sand Point Naval Station into durable, affordable housing for low-income and formerly homeless families. Challenges included integrating the former naval base's utility system into the city's systems and complying with extensive historic building restrictions. Community facilities and onsite services.

New construction of 83 studio units of housing for chronically homeless men and women. Bellwether provided development finance consulting to the owner and manager, Downtown Emergency Service Center.

Senior City Apartments is a mixed use, Transit Oriented Development (TOD) combining 62 units for low-income and disabled seniors with a 3,000-square-foot community facility. The development was built on surplus land left from the creation of the adjacent Federal Way Transit Center, a 24-hour public transit hub with a 1,000-space parking garage. The project has the distinction of being the first TOD project on Sound Transit-acquired property. Common Ground secured over $17 million in permanent capital funding and over $9 million in construction financing by combining a federal Section 202 capital advance with 4% low-income housing tax credits and by using bond financing during construction. When the project was completed in 2010, on-time and on-budget, there was no permanent debt.

New construction of 26 two- and three-bedroom units with services for formerly homeless families. Bellwether provided development services for Archdiocese Housing Authority, which owns and manages the building.

New construction of 56 efficiency units for homeless senior men. Bellwether provided development services for Archdiocese Housing Authority, which owns and manages the building.

New construction of 18 studio apartments for people living with HIV/AIDS and/or chronic mental illness. Bellwether provided development services to Sound Mental Health, which owns and manages the building.

Rehabilitation/reuse of the historic Colman School into 36 units of housing for low income households over museum space. Bellwether provided development services for the Urban League, which owns and manages the residential portion of the building.

Substantial renovation and historic preservation of 190 studios, 100 bed shelter and 11,000 sq ft of commercial space. Bellwether provided development services for Downtown Emergency Service Center, which owns and manages the building.

New construction of 145 studio & one-bedroom units, and three floors of administrative, educational, case management and commercial space. Bellwether provided financial consulting services for the YWCA, which owns and manages the building.

New construction of 15 studio units of housing for chronically mentally ill homeless adults for Harborview Mental Health Services.