The Westy! You know it’s not your average sports bar when the best-selling item is seared broccoli. Since 2018, this family-friendly Roosevelt staple has served up big-game energy, a seasonally updated menu, craft cocktails, and a welcome that makes everyone feel like a regular.
Announcing “Roosevelt Horizon” — a new Roosevelt Neighborhood Association to track commercial real estate development projects in Roosevelt. It includes an interactive map with links to project profiles covering renderings, zoning, timelines, valuation history, and what neighbors can do about emerging issues.
Roosevelt Reimagined fence art installations on 65th, the disability access survey, September events including Rooted in Roosevelt, Trivia Night, and swaps at Ravenna Refills, plus a spotlight on Roosevelt Station Vet Care.
The former Swedish Health Services clinic near Safeway, demolished in 2025 after years as a hazardous, vacant property, now stores Mazda inventory while soil contamination is addressed. A concept exists for a 72-unit mixed-use building, but no official project has been proposed yet.
A 9-story, 144-unit apartment building is proposed for Roosevelt’s now-vacant corner at 65th and Roosevelt Way, once home to East West Bookshop and Atlantic Crossing, emphasizing sustainable construction. Past vandalism concerns have quieted, though construction financing continues to delay the project.
Roosevelt 4A will transform a parking lot near Santo Coffee into a 4-story, 35-unit apartment building with ground-floor retail. No safety incidents have occurred since the Mio was built, though financing conditions have stalled the project’s timeline for years.
Roosevelt 5A, near Rising Sun Produce, will bring a 4-story, 52-unit apartment building with ground-floor retail and no parking to a cleared lot. No safety incidents have occurred since demolition, though the project remains stalled by financing conditions as of mid-2026.
The long-blighted Roosevelt 3A lot will become a 6-story, 149-unit apartment building, though two adjacent Hugh Sisley-owned properties remain neglected eyesores under city monitoring, with vegetation, trespassing, and structural decay issues persisting despite years of violations and no demolition permits.
The old Bank of America site at 6615 Roosevelt Way NE, demolished in 2025 after years of safety hazards, now has a development plan: an eight-story, 115-home mixed-use building with ground-floor retail, slated to break ground in 2028.
Roosevelt Station Vet Care, located at 6800 Roosevelt Way NE, is our August Business of the Month. Founded in 2018 by Drs. Dittrich, Meyers, and Andresen, the practice emphasizes fear-free, communication-focused care—illustrated through longtime patient Abby, a nearly 20-year-old neighborhood cat.
