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The pending sale comes as Deja Vu and an adjacent adult business at First and Pike, Fantasy Unlimited, are about to lose their leases in their current building owned by the Samis Land Co. She added she had little solid information on what the sale would mean. 'We don't want any changes in use patterns that take us backwards,' she said. Kate Joncas, president of the Downtown Seattle Association, said residents, business owners and the association have been working for years to clean up the Pike Street area near the public market.

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It sure doesn't sound like an upgrade to the neighborhood to me,' said Peggy Ritchey, president of the Newmark Tower Homeowners Association in the high-rise condominium on Second Avenue, just east of the Showbox. If so, a new owner would not come under the city's moratorium on new building and use permits for adult entertainment establishments. However, Martha Lester, legislative analyst for the Seattle City Council who has been researching the Showbox's zoning, said Department of Construction and Land Use records indicate the building is categorized for retail and theater use and as a place of public assembly.ĭepartment officials told her a topless dance club could fall within that wide definition. It could unravel just based on the fact the zoning is what it is,' said Lyons. He said it was 'highly speculative' that Mohney would or could move a strip club into the Showbox, adding he didn't believe the property was zoned for adult entertainment. 'My understanding is that the property is being bought for investment purposes,' said Lyons.

Mohney, who is based in Lansing, Mich., could not be reached for comment. However, Doug Hixson, property manager for Harbor Properties, which holds the master lease on the building, said he has been told it is $2.8 million. Lyons declined to disclose the selling price.

The sale is scheduled to close by the end of this month, Lyons said. Michael Lyons, an Olympia businessman who owns the Showbox, confirmed yesterday that Harry Mohney, owner of the Deja Vu strip clubs, has offered to buy the property.

The owner of a national chain of nude dance clubs is bidding to buy the Showbox Building on First Avenue across from the Pike Place Market amid speculation he will establish a new adult-entertainment center in downtown Seattle.

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