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Vol. CXXIV, No. 211
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Commission to learn more about former Brown & Haley warehouse demolition project Posted online Tues., Oct. 29 Article and File Photos By Todd Matthews, Editor Port of Tacoma Commissioners will learn more about a project under way to demolish a building on the tide flats that served as one of Brown & Haley's warehouses for more than 40 years. The Port of Tacoma purchased the property, located at 1940 East 11th Street, from Sound Mattress & Felt Co. for $3 million in October 2006. The property included a 116,000-squarefoot building that served as a Brown & Haley beginning in 1964. The Port of Tacoma continued to lease the warehouse to the candy maker until August 2007, when the commission unanimously approved a decision to help relocate Brown & Haley's operations to a facility in Fife. The building was subsequently "red tagged" by the City of Tacoma after several structural failures were discovered. Additionally, contaminants such as asbestos, lead and universal wastes were discovered on the site. The Port of Tacoma determined that the cost of repairs to the building outweighed the revenue generated by the building. A decision was made to raze the structure. Last year, the commission unanimously approved a proposal to begin planning for the site demolition. "Some Port-owned assets may have reached the end of their useful life," Lou Paulsen, the Port of Tacoma's senior director of facilities development, told commissioners during the meeting last year to propose the demolition. "I'm here to present one such building." Paulsen told commissioners that portions of the building were 70 years old and major damage included two broken trusses and extensive roof leaks. He also noted the building was no longer marketable. When asked if anything historically significant was left in the building after Brown & Haley, re-located, Port of Tacoma project manager David Myers said, "It's basically just a shell of a building." He added that a safe that was once built into the structure had been removed by Brown & Haley, the Tacoma candymaker that produces Almond Roca and dates
The Port of Tacoma plans to expand its operations by demolishing a building on the tide flats that served as one of Brown & Haley's warehouses for more than 40 years. back to 1912. This week, Port of Tacoma staff will update commissioners on the project, which includes the remediation of contaminants and hazardous materials, as well as the demolition of the existing warehouse and foundations on the 5.6-acre site. Staff is expected to ask for an additional $550,000 on top of the $300,000 authorized for the project earlier this year. The Port of Tacoma Commission is sched-
uled to discuss the issue during its meeting on Thurs., Oct. 31, at 12 p.m. in Room 104 of The Fabulich Center, located at 3600 Port of Tacoma Road. Meetings are broadcast live and on demand at portoftacoma.com/webstreaming. To read the Tacoma Daily Index's complete and comprehensive coverage of the demolition of the former Brown & Haley warehouse, visit our Web site for the following articles: Port OKs demolition of former Brown & Haley warehouse (Tacoma Daily Index, March 1, 2012); Port of Tacoma poised to raze former Brown & Haley warehouse (Tacoma Daily Index, February 29, 2012).