This Saturday, April 16, Old Stove Brewing Co. opens in Pike Place Market at 1525 First Ave.

“Old Stove has long beer hall–style tables of red oak, timber from co-owner Chris Moore’s family woods in Michigan, and 16 taps dispensing a rotating cast of accessible beers—stouts, saisons, CDA, brown ale, and yes always an IPA. Moore and cofounder Brian Stan say the wheat beer has been well received thus far; they predict the pilsner will be a hit as summer approaches. The sidewalk seating out front and the wall of fold-up windows should also be a hit whenever warm weather rolls around.”

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PSBJ’s Patti Payne announces July 1 deadline to write your name on a bronze hoofprint!

In this week’s Puget Sound Business Journal, columnist Patti Payne interviews Pike Place Market Foundation Executive Director Lillian Sherman about the limited opportunity to write a family or business name on a bronze hoofprint to support the new waterfront expansion of the Market.

“We are a historic district,” says Sherman. “ The Pike Place Market Historical Commission gave us this chance to do a last round of them, but they won’t allow it ever again … So this is the last time to be part of our history. Helping us also makes you part of our future.”

Hoofprint donations ($5,000 each) are tax-deductible and help complete the final $4.5 Million in funding to help grow the Market. Scheduled to open in early 2017 the new MarketFront will provide more opportunities for farmers, artists, small business, and low-income housing in the Market .

“We want the market to be there for long into the future,” says Sherman. “This last fun fundraising piece allows us to finish building the project, but also to serve this community and the people in it for long into the future.”

This once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity will end soon. Reserve your hoofprint today!

On February 18, 2016, Sellen Construction completed the project’s final slab-on-grade pour of the lowest level of the future parking garage.

Fun Fact: The largest grade beam poured in the site is the largest Sellen Construction has made in the company's 70 year history, according to the MarketFront superintendent Troy Landis.

Now the vertical structure of the MarketFront building will begin to go up, with walls, columns, and elevated decks for four levels of parking, and on to the plaza!

On Monday, February 22, Pike Place Market PDA, council members and partners toured the site for a close up look at the recent progress.

To learn more about the Pike Place MarketFront project and how you can get involved, visit PikeUp.org.

MarketFront site changing rapidly — look for concrete slabs this month

The noisiest work of Pike Place Market’s MarketFront construction—the installation of 120 drill piers that are 45-90 feet deep—was completed in December. Sellen Construction’s crew is now working on building 22 grade beams, which rest on the drill piers and serve as the foundation of the building.

Several of the grade beams work to take the weight of the building off the train tunnel that’s below the project. The largest grade beam is the largest Sellen Construction has poured in their company’s 70 year history, according to the MarketFront superintendent Troy Landis.

In January, Sellen will begin building the concrete slab that will sit atop the grade beams. The slab will be built in sections from north to south and should be completely poured by mid-February.

Once each section of concrete slab is in place, the vertical structure of the building will begin to go up (also built in sections from north to south). At that point, walls, columns, and elevated decks for four levels of parking will be visible. This work should be completed by April or early May.

On November 13, 2015, KOMO News’ Seattle Refined dedicated a full episode to Pike Place Market!

Join host Gaard Swanson on a tour and meet some of the craftspeople, merchants and restaurateurs who make Pike Place a special destination for locals and tourists alike. Plus, learn more about the new MarketFront expansion and how you can be a part of it with your own Market Charm or Hoofprint.

Stream the full 20-minute episode here: