15th and Ivory: “A green niche for urban folk”

A Spokane developer plans to construct six “green” townhomes on a rocky, pine-tree covered lot on Spokane’s South Hill.

Called “ The Abbey ,” the roughly $2.2 million project at 15th Avenue and Ivory Street is slated to break ground early next year, said architect and developer Grant Keller, president of landscape architecture and design firm Terrabella .

He foresees the $489,000 to $529,000 units, sold as condos and designed to preserve the property’s trees, to attract Baby Boomers who like the condominium lifestyle but don’t want to live in the heart of downtown.

“I’m really trying to do this in a way (that) people can drive by and see this and say, ‘Oh, it’s not just a pile of recycled bottles and tires; it actually looks like part of the neighborhood,” said Keller, 31.