By Aaron Allen, The Seattle Medium

More than a decade after being laid off during the Great Recession, real estate developer Jaebadiah Gardner is leading one of Seattle’s most anticipated Black-owned housing projects. At the former site of Mount Calvary Christian Center, Gardner and his firm Gardner Global are developing The Sarah Queen—a $50 million mixed-use building that will feature 112 apartment homes, commercial or live-work space, and underground parking. Located at 23rd and Union in the heart of Seattle’s Central District, the project represents a mission-driven effort to build Black community wealth in a historically Black neighborhood reshaped by decades of displacement.

Gardner, who identifies as a commercial developer focused solely on multi-family housing, emphasized the sca

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