The fiery inferno that is the South Lake Union real estate market has claimed many small-business souls over the past few years — once digested, a surprising number became Tom Douglas enterprises — but one that has escaped is one of the most venerable (and most beloved by Seattle photographers): Glazer’s Camera, 78 years old and on its third generation of owners. The main store is that bright red building at 430 8th Avenue North.
The Wolff Company, itself a third-generation, family-owned firm, has announced that “Glazer’s will occupy the new mixed-use development’s exciting two-story commercial corner on 8th same location where the store exists today.” Glazer’s is signing a long-term agreement that will allow them to move their rental and lighting and supplies locations in under one roof there at 8th and Republican.
Glazer’s is one of the few places left in the area that carries almost everything for the photographer and videographer, digital or…that more romantic stuff involving film or paper: from the cameras and lenses themselves, to lighting and darkroom equipment and supplies. Looking for a Sekonic light meter? Need some Fotospeed Blue Toner? At the moment, they have 294 used film and digital cameras.
And FYI, the PhotoFest 2013 trade-in event is coming up June 8 and 9th.
The entire project is an 8-story, mixed-use development with about 13,000 square feet of commercial space, and 210 market-rate apartments, designed by the Miller Hull Partnership (the architects behind the Bullitt Center) and Runberg Architecture Group (who did Capitol Hill’s Lyric and Chloe, as well as SLU’s Supply Laundry building). The Wolff Company is also behind the major Capitol Hill Pike and Pine project, redeveloping nearly a full block between Pike and Pine, where a BMW dealership used to sit.
