{"id":171,"date":"2026-07-09T04:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ballardtimess.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=171"},"modified":"2026-07-09T04:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:33:15","slug":"apartment-developer-confirms-new-ballard-retail-space-could-be-anything-including-vacant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theballardtimes.com\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"Apartment Developer Confirms New Ballard Retail Space Could Be Anything, Including Vacant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BALLARD \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0The development company behind Ballard&#8217;s newest mega apartment complex has confirmed today that their (mandated) 1st-floor retail space could be anything from a new fitness studio to an empty storefront in perpetuity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The modern tenant wants to live above something that brings value to their lives,&#8221; says complex developer Doug Spanscrap. &#8220;Most people assume that means a pilates studio or a coffee shop, but what brings more value than the HOPE of something amazing to come?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This &#8220;hope&#8221; is why Spanscrap says many developers are more than happy with empty retail space. &#8220;We could we easily get a hip new bakery in that very well could close in 1-2 year. Why cause our tenants disappointment like that? Instead, sometimes it&#8217;s best to leave the opportunity open. Anything is possible when you have a blank canvas.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time of publish, the available space has generated interest from several prospective tenants, including a boutique dog wellness concept, a candle shop that also serves wine, a laundromat specializing in baroque-style attire, and absolutely no one willing to pay the asking rent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BALLARD \u2014\u00a0The development company behind Ballard&#8217;s newest mega apartment complex has confirmed today that their (mandated) 1st-floor retail space could be anything from a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,20,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-buildings","category-business"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.theballardtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Apartment-Developer-Confirms-New-Ballard-Retail-Space-Could-Be-Anything-Including-Vacant-600x400.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.theballardtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Apartment-Developer-Confirms-New-Ballard-Retail-Space-Could-Be-Anything-Including-Vacant-600x600.png","author_info":{"display_name":"The Ballard Times","author_link":"https:\/\/www.theballardtimes.com\/?author=1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theballardtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theballardtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theballardtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theballardtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theballardtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theballardtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173,"href":"https:\/\/www.theballardtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions\/173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theballardtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theballardtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theballardtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theballardtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}