Gethsemane Lutheran Church is forging ahead with plans for a $20 million construction and renovation project which will break ground in January 2011 and be completed in early 2012. This landmark project is being developed in partnership with Compass Housing Alliance and Mary’s Place at Gethsemane’s 9th and Stewart campus. The project includes expanded worship and meeting spaces for the congregation, 50 new affordable housing apartments, and a 10,000 square foot Hope Center which will provide expanded social services to the downtown community.
The total cost of the project is $20 million.
Gethsemane is funding $6 million of the renovation largely with proceeds from the sale of the church’s parking lot.
$11.5 million for the Compass Housing Alliance Apartments is funded by multiple partners: City of Seattle Office of Housing, King County Developmental Disabilities Division, Washington State House Trust Fund, and Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program of the Washington State Housing Finance Commission.
The remainder of the cost, as well as a Hope Center sustaining fund, will be raised through an ongoing $4.5 million capital campaign, called “Gethsemane: Seattle’s Garden of Hope”.
