Rainier Valley and Downtown Seattle Condos, Live/Work Lofts at The Pontedera

Welcome to the Pontedera’s front yard! The Hiawatha neighborhood, also referred to as the Jackson Place Community, is an area undergoing rapid change from a mostly commercial district to a true mixed-use neighborhood with homes, restaurants, parks and services. Its location will served by public transportation and quite devoted to Seattle’s growing cadre of bicycle commuters and recreational riders. In fact, the I-90 bike trail runs right by the Pontedera front door.

Once Seattle’s original “suburb”, this classy and classic part of town features Seattle University, Seattle Community College and a host of businesses and heritage residential neighborhoods. For dining and entertainment, be sure to check out the famous Broadway District. At the end of the #10 bus route are Volunteer Park and the Seattle Art Museum’s Asian art collection.

Also lovingly known as "Pill Hill", this bustling Seattle neighborhood is is home to major health care facilities such as Swedish, Virginia Mason, Harborview and countless clinics. For eclectic shopping, dining and nightlife, check out the growing scene along the Pike-Pine Corridor between 12th and 14th Avenues East.

Wander north from the Stadium District and you’re in Pioneer Square. Wander a bit west and pick up the Waterfront with it’s ferry dock, restaurants and attractions. Now,walk just another few minutes and when you get to the Aquarium, cross the street and you’re at the base of the Market Hill Climb leading to Pike Place Market.

Picture yourself decked out in Sounder line walking to a Sounders game! No parking. No commuting. How nice. When you live at Pontedera you have major league football, baseball and soccer right in your neighborhood.

The swath of Seattle between Pontedera and Columbia City has been cited as one of the nation’s most diverse neighborhoods. Commonly known as the Rainer Valley, the area is now served by the LINK Light Rail, great transit service and is home to a myriad of ethnic restaurants, shops and gardens and great parks. A tip for walkers and bikers, check out the new Chief Sealth Trail, an off-round, park route laced along the City Light right-of-way.

Is Georgetown the new Fremont? This artistic, eclectic and slightly eccentric neighborhood is attracting new shops, restaurants and businesses and more than its fair share of Seattle’s famed creative class of artists, thinkers and tinkerers.

Seattle’s International District has received wide acclaim for its rich diversity, blending elements of Asia with main-stream American Life. The nice part is that it’s just a short walk or bike ride from Pontedera. Enjoy a Dim Sum lunch, a Japanese feast, Korean barbecue, or stock up at one of the many markets to cook up your own healthy Asian inspired fare in your beautiful new Pontedera kitchen.

The ultimate urban hub! Downtown Seattle has become a world-class destination for shopping, dining, entertainment and commerce. Our favorite feature is that Downtown extends to within a few short blocks of Pontedera, and laces with a transit free ride zone, making it the perfect destination no matter what your mood.

	EXPLORE Pontedera is at the center of Seattle’s favorite neighborhoods.
	SAVE Prices starting at $174,900 Own for as little as $680/mo.
	LIVE/WORK Retail/Commercial Lofts \| Residential: Lofts, one, two and three bedrooms plans

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Vision Developer

Seattle’s Rainier Valley has been, and continues to be, the first home for many immigrant families. In the early part of the 20th Century a wave of Italian immigrants began to settle in the valley where many had small farms or businesses that catered to the Italian immigrant community. Soon the Rainier Valley bore the nickname Garlic Gulch. HomeSight, with its office in the Rainier Valley community of Columbia City, has been helping moderate-income families, many of them recent immigrants, blue collar and service workers, purchase their first home. In finding a name for their newest development they settled on The Pontedera.

The name is taken from a city in the Tuscany region of Italy. Unlike the more famous hill towns of Tuscany, most tourists bypass Pontedera, an industrial hub of the region, nestled between the Era and Arno rivers. Pontedera is a working city filled with industrious laborers and craftsmen, some of whom work in the Piaggio factory which has been producing the iconic Vespa for over sixty years.

Just as the Vespa, developed as affordable transportation for the working class, became known worldwide for its simplicity, reliability and style, HomeSight strives to be the developer known for high quality, attractive homes affordable to the working class family. In naming their newest development at the crossroads of the Rainier Valley and Downtown Seattle The Pontedera, they pay homage to the area's past and celebrate the opportunities affordable housing brings to working families who are the foundation on which Seattle is built.

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