What the project is
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Seattle is redeveloping the Lake City Community Center site at 12531 28th Ave NE into a mixed-use building with a new community center at street level and affordable housing above.
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The effort is described as a “$100‑million‑plus” project when combining the community center and housing components, led by nonprofit Mercy Housing in partnership with Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Office of Housing.
Budget and timeline
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The city’s specific community center redevelopment budget is about $40.5 million, funded by local bonds, real estate excise tax revenues, and a state grant.
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Planning and design run from 2024–2026, with construction currently scheduled for 2027–2028, meaning the new facility would likely open near the end of this decade.
What the new center includes
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The new Lake City Community Center is planned to include a gymnasium, multipurpose room with commercial kitchen, fitness areas, childcare and teen spaces, and related support spaces to serve as a civic hub.
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Co‑locating the center with roughly 94–112 affordable rental homes aims to create a multigenerational, multicultural hub with services delivered by groups like FamilyWorks and Mercy Housing.
Relationship to “$50 million community center” idea
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Seattle separately discusses very high-cost community facilities, such as the Green Lake Community Center and Pool rebuild, which has a $59 million budget for the new center and pool complex, but this is a different project from Lake City.
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Public coverage describes Lake City’s overall redevelopment (center plus housing) as exceeding $100 million, while the community-center-only portion is budgeted at $40.5 million, so a “$50 million Lake City community center” likely refers to a rounded or informal figure rather than an official line item.
If you meant a different “Lake Cities” (for example the Lake Cities area in Denton County, Texas) and a specific $50 million community center proposal there, no clearly documented project by that exact name and cost appears in current public sources; clarifying the state or city name would help narrow it further.