A private developer and Tacoma’s public housing authority are in the early stages of plans to revitalize two 100-year-old buildings and bring more apartments to the Hilltop neighborhood.
Developer Kevin Grossman wants to renovate the Pochert and Kellogg-Sicker buildings, the latter of which once housed the notorious Browne’s Star Grill at 1114 Martin Luther King Blvd. At the same time, the Tacoma Housing Authority proposes new construction on the two parcels next door, which now are a parking lot and a men’s clothing store.
“Finding a way to cost-effectively save those buildings is an acknowledgment of a good era,” said …
