Groundbreaking Photos from Rainier Place!

Lorig Breaks Ground on Rainier Place Student Apartments at Edmonds Community College

One of the First Community Colleges in Seattle-Area to Offer On-Campus Housing

(Seattle, WA) – Edmonds Community College will offer incoming students the option of living on campus in the Rainier Place student apartments beginning fall 2009. This is one of the first community colleges in the Seattle-area to offer student housing on campus. The Groundbreaking Ceremony is taking place October 9th at 1:00 pm at the construction site, just north of the college’s entrance at 200th Street SW and 68th Avenue W in Lynnwood.

With a record number of applicants rejected by University of Washington last year and recent graduates drowning in debt from the more expensive four-year colleges, many students are considering community college as the best option. Edmonds Community College is one of the first in the Seattle-area to create housing accommodations parallel to that of a university, providing students with a traditional “going away to college” experience.

“We are thrilled to be one of the few community colleges in the state to provide our students with on campus student apartments, something that most people attending community colleges don’t have the opportunity to experience,” says Luke Botzheim, Housing Director at Edmonds Community College. “Not only will this be a great addition for local students, it will also provide a safe and exciting community for our diverse group of international students.”

Rainier Place will be developed by Lorig, a local development company with expertise in student housing, including University of Washington’s Nordheim Court, Radford Court and Commodore Duchess Apartments. Rainier Place will be managed by Lorig Management Service (LMS), the management arm of Lorig and a local leader in the management of student housing. LMS will be responsible for running the daily operations and will handle the leasing of the building, rent collection and student issues in coordination with Edmonds Community College’s Residential Life program. The Edmonds Community College Housing Office will be located in Rainier Place, to provide students with a broad range of academic and residential support services, broadening the cultural and community experience at Edmonds Community College.

“We are really looking forward to utilizing our collegiate management experience and applying it to Edmonds Community College’s Rainier Place,” says LMS’s Heidi Turner. “We currently manage four university housing projects in the area and we know how to work with colleges and students alike.”

Rainier Place will be four-stories tall and will provide housing for 180 students in fully furnished apartments each with kitchens, bathrooms, cable TV and wireless Internet access. The apartment building will include 37 four-bedroom units, nine two-bedroom units and nine studio units with the option for five to be double occupancy. Each floor will have common study space and the first floor will include a community room for social and community events.

Lorig is developing Rainier Place in cooperation with The National Development Council, a non-profit development organization. The architect for the project is Mithun and the contractor is W. G. Clark.

About Lorig
Lorig is a Seattle based real estate development and management company with more than 30 years of experience in creating complex urban projects that enhance communities. Lorig’s diverse portfolio of mixed-use, renovation, collegiate and management projects includes Court 17, Salishan, Uwajimaya Village, Thornton Place, University of Washington’s Nordheim Court, Queen Anne High School Apartments and Wallingford Center. For more information, visit http://www.lorig.com/.