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February 9, 2015 By SEO Admin

Big day in the International District as Uwajimaya breaks ground on $24M Publix project

The general consensus in the International District/Chinatown area is that the historic Seattle neighborhood needs more market-rate housing, and a long-time player in the community took a big step Monday to make it happen.

Uwajimaya Inc., the Moriguchi family’s 87-year-old Asian grocery company, broke ground on the redevelopment of the Publix Hotel. The 1928 building on Fifth Avenue South next to the landmark Chinatown Gate over South King Street has a rich history. It once housed transient immigrant…