Development project in Tacoma’s Proctor neighborhood drops apartments
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- Plans for 3820 N. 26th St. dropped residential units; ground floor set for office use.
- Permits show added second floor at 3820 N. 26th St.; yoga studio proposed, not housing.
- Rush Development’s 98-unit Proctor 4 seeks 12-year tax exemption; application pending.
Plans to replace a former Proctor boutique with an addition of apartments have changed, according to permits on file with the City of Tacoma.
Meanwhile, a fourth Proctor apartment project by a local developer is still in the works.
The first site, 3820 N. 26th St., was the former home of Jasminka women’s boutique. The business closed in September 2020 after operating in Tacoma for 40 years. The site is now undergoing extensive remodeling.
The News Tribune wrote about planned apartments for the former boutique site in March 2022, noting it was the last project to qualify in time for an 8-year multifamily property tax exemption in the neighborhood, allowing for all market-rate units.
Tacoma City Council overhauled the city’s MFTE rules in December 2021, which included eliminating Proctor from the areas that qualified for the 8-year version. That specific rule change went into effect Feb. 7, 2022, and the project’s application was submitted just a few days before.
According to details from permitting filed for the project, plans for a new five-story building that included six residential units on the upper levels and a rooftop deck did not move forward.
Instead, the downstairs interior of the remodeled building will accommodate a new business, according to a permit issued in September of last year.
A representative for Vector Insurance Group told The News Tribune in response to questions via email March 12 that the first floor would be the new office of the insurance firm, with hopes to move into the new space this spring.
Additional permits revising the issued permit called for the addition of a second level, along with associated fire and electrical permits.
“The second story appears to be a yoga studio, so no housing is proposed,” Maria Lee, city media representative, told The News Tribune via email in response to questions.
The contact listed in state corporate filings for the LLC owner did not respond to questions about the project from The News Tribune.
Proctor 4 update
Nearby, the planned Proctor 4, 3917 N. 26th St., at the site of the former Key Bank, is making its way through permitting.
Rush Development in December applied for a 12-year multifamily property tax exemption for the project, which means 20% of the units must be affordable at 70% Pierce County Area Median Income (AMI) for 12 years.
That application is in process.
The project received its final design review in October 2025 with the city’s Urban Design Board, established in spring 2024 in a resolution approved by the City Council. The resolution also created a separate design-review permit and amended certain development and design standards of mixed-use and downtown zoning districts.
The apartment project would be Rush’s fourth multifamily residential development in the neighborhood, after Proctor Station, Madison25 and Proctor Flats.
Plans call for a 98-unit, six-story podium-style building with ground-level commercial space. The News Tribune reported in 2024 that the site also calls for 67 parking stalls below grade within the building.
A Rush official did not respond to request for comment on the project.
