933 Market on the Market - Again
933 Market, the home of Club Juno, is for sale. Haven’t been there? Maybe you went to The Garage. No? Hmmm… well, for a mere $3.5 million, you could have 27,000 square feet of downtown building … on a very quiet block.
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Thank you, Morgan
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11 comments
N Nick August 21, 2008
Sheesh, it sure seems like clubs go there to die. Here’s a shining example of Tacoma’s parking requirement killing a local business.
I think the biggest problem is that stupid parking garage across the street and the one north of that location. It pretty much kills any chance of life over there (which is unbelieveable, considering Market is a fairly arterial street).
R RR Anderson August 21, 2008
unless you’re into rubber stamps market street is THE VOID OF OBLIVION
M morgan August 21, 2008
THAT is a great name for a club, RR.
E Erik B. August 21, 2008
Yes, the area is completely brutish and the parking garages ensure there will be little if any “markets” on Market street ever.
Yet, not a bad area for a club. The area is pretty indestructible.
J Jake August 21, 2008
I don’t think the club is having any problems. From what I have seen it is pretty busy on weekend nights. I don’t know how many times while out and about on weekend nights I have been asked by passing cars where Juno is. Or watching the drunk folks stumbling up the street after a night of drinking.
A altered chords August 21, 2008
Is it possible that the club is thriving (tenant) and the owner of the building is selling the building. (landlord).
With a thriving club as the tenant, the asking price for the building is greater than what it otherwise would be?
N Nick August 21, 2008
Actually I think that might be what’s happening. If you look at the listing it says “currently has one tenant; remaining space set up for workshop, apartment or parking.”
J Jim C August 22, 2008
Great Peabody’s Ghost, there’s a club on that block? I must have issues with my peripheral vision, because I have driven and WALKED right by it a million times on my way to the Y from points north and never noticed it was there..
A altered chords August 22, 2008
Jim C – It might be a club for hipsters, gangsters or scenesters. You’re at the Y alot so you must be a healthster. It is not a club for healthsters.
K Krysta August 22, 2008
Funny, I had a great experience there just last night…about 9pm I happened to have my car locked in the garage just across the street from Club Juno, my cell phone dies and I’m stuck – in front of the club is a group of guys with baseball caps and baggy pants hanging out around their pimp mobile – I must have shown some distress when they offered to lend me a phone, helped to get me into the building and told me to come see their show at Club Juno tonight.
I’m going!
Just goes to show you just can’t/shouldn’t judge who the good guys are.
D drizell August 23, 2008
It’s actually a really great location for a club—probably the best location in all of downtown as far as minimizing the number of complaints from surrounding landowners. Too often, urban dwellers feel at odds with loud music and raucous behavior early in the morning that is typical of these kinds of clubs. People who live down the street from Jazzbones are up in arms over the side effects of living near a successful music venue. The conflicts would be greater downtown, where the average resident is 58 years old and goes to bed at 8 p.m.
Too often, music clubs like Juno or Brick City are pushed out of thriving residential and commercial areas because local business owners and residents like Laura Hanan object to the noise and illegal activities that sometimes occur. These clubs are often relegated to industrial areas.
I hope Juno is a really successful venture, and I hope that if redevelopment ever reaches Market Street, that it would be allowed to stay. Music clubs, if managed properly, can be really good neighbors. Their presence adds to the diversity of activity and unpredictability that is and always should be a part of urban life.