Housing Hilltop

Housing Hilltop is a collaborative design/build project that features two buildings with 231 family housing units, structured parking, commercial spaces including arts and small business incubators, and community-driven design elements.

Client

Tacoma Housing Authority

Location

Tacoma, WA

Program

Housing Hilltop is a design/build partnership with Walsh Construction and Tacoma Housing Authority. It is comprised of two sites and two buildings that contain 231 units of family housing, 89 structured parking spaces, open space, and 13,000 sf of commercial space. The team prioritized collaboration with Hilltop residents and businesses, who have infused the project with their strong sense of community identity. Two local artists were selected to develop exterior facade color concepts. A local performing arts organization will occupy 10,000 sf in ground floor commercial space. Four incubator commercial spaces (750 sf) are incorporated into the building design to accommodate small businesses. The project team also collaborated with the City of Tacoma for future plans for a festival street at the project site. Although permitted as two separate projects, the two sites were designed as a single project, allowing for efficiency and consistency in frontage improvements, landscape design, pedestrian access, and utility/infrastructure design and coordination with local jurisdiction and utility representatives.