Tacoma’s Brewery District Gets New Multifamily Housing Project

A former Urban Land Institute Daniel Rose Fellow, Ricardo Noguera began his career in community and economic development with the Mission Economic Development Association (MEDA) in San Francisco, California. Since then, Ricardo Noguera has helped cities across the United States improve their commercial and residential resources for residents, as seen in his work as a former community economic development director for the City of Tacoma’s Community and Economic Development Department.

In this position, he focused on the revitalization of the city’s Brewery District through investment in new residential development. The historic neighborhood continues its residential-growth trajectory in 2019 in the form of projects like a recently-announced 180-unit apartment building at the corner of South 25th Street and Jefferson Avenue to be known as Jefferson Flats.

The new building will include units of all sizes, from studios to penthouses featuring three bedrooms and patios on the rooftop. The design will also incorporate a three-level parking garage. The announcement of the new multifamily complex comes just five months after the periodical Bisnow published an article highlighting the need for increased housing in the area to accommodate the rising number of students enrolling at the University of Washington Tacoma, which is located in the Brewery District.