Liz Dunn’s 11th Ave office space, restaurant and mews project completing her vision for the block at 12th and E Pike is ready to move forward after passing through its final design review last month.

CHS examined the Sundberg, Kennedy and Ly-Au Young and Graham Baba designed project here. Originally planned as a mixed-use apartment building, Dunn back-burnered the addition to her Piston Ring project as the economic downturn hit. The revived plan calls for “a 5-story structure containing three residential units above 26,970 sq. ft. of commercial space.” A walking mews corridor will provide a quasi-public passageway through the block and is being planned as an active area for retail and restaurant activity as well as a connection to existing businesses on the block.

[mappress mapid=”24″]Capitol Hill rock practice space Chophouse will be making way for the new development.  Dunn tells us the current schedule looks like a late summer start of construction given current backlog with the city. She says she’s determined to help find a new home for the Chophouse by then. Holler if you have an appropriate space ready to rock.

Meanwhile, July will likely bring the start of construction for another Pike/Pine development project that will incorporate a mews-like corridor. This 260-unit mixed-use development from the Wolff Co. will also reportedly begin demolition — and preservation — of the former automobile showroom at 714 E Pike this summer.